The once biggest YouTuber, Pewdiepie, relatively recently uploaded a video explaining his switch from Windows to Linux. I was quickly amazed at the amount of customisations...
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Could TikTok replace Google?
I google. In short that would answer the question ‘how do you find information and knowledge on digital technologies and media?’ However, the manner in which...
Continue reading...Truth engines? How information finds us in the digital age.
It is a sign of our time – an era often referred to as the “information age” (Galloway, 111) – that media is generally understood as...
Continue reading...Should Smartphone Use be Restricted by Authorities?
In last week’s class discussion, it was interesting to hear my classmates’ experiences with smartphone and other digital device restrictions in their early childhoods. Since we...
Continue reading...before instagram there were oil portraits
This weekend I did a solo day trip to Antwerp and had a blast at the KSMKA museum. Walking through the rooms, I ended up in...
Continue reading...Scrolling vs. Learning : how I get informed online
For a long time, I used to convince myself that spending hours on TikTok and X was somehow necessary because it was the only way to...
Continue reading...The Heart of a Broken Story
I used to dream a lot, and spent most of my time in books before high school. Sometimes I bring my own books, sometimes I just...
Continue reading...Do digital technology and media tell us the right things?
Digital media and technologies are constantly being updated. New information is constantly being sent out into the world. For many people, it is impossible to keep...
Continue reading...How academic pressure manipulated me into using AI
ChatGPT was released shortly after I finished high school. So my first meeting with AI in an educational setting was at university. My two first semesters...
Continue reading...Searching Smarter: Staying Critical in a Digital World
High School and the Rise of Social Media I used Google for the first time when I was in elementary school. I still remember sitting in...
Continue reading...Information or/and Entertainment?
During high school, our teachers were telling us to be aware of the sources we used online when we were searching for information. In university, this...
Continue reading...I Rushed Through the IELTS,Chased by Social Media
“The internet is showing us what it thinks we want to see, but not necessarily what we need to see.” Pariser, E. (2011). The filter bubble:...
Continue reading...In the third year of the 21st century
In the third year of the 21st century, my parents and I lived 960 kilometers away from our hometown. The first set of numbers I remember...
Continue reading...Biggest Casino in the World
In recent years, there has been this shift on social media. I believe that this trend has been targeting more men than women. This is the...
Continue reading...Wonder why all these feelings just delusional
Have you ever considered starting a romantic relationship in the virtual? Imagine a man, actually, for most of the time, several handsome, wealthy and thoughtful men...
Continue reading...technically nostalgic
At this point, it’s has become a running gag in our family, my alleged first encounter with (digital) media.In our living room, we had a huge...
Continue reading...Tamagotchi ー My Little Friend
Although the level of media may be more advanced today, tracing back to my childhood memories, I think electronic devices have already been a familiar part...
Continue reading...Do We Work Out for Ourselves—or for the Media Watching Us?
Last Friday, I tried to get to USC for the 7 PM yoga class, but I couldn’t make it in time. Due to construction, the bicycle...
Continue reading...back when i didn’t know the computer’s password
When I think of my earliest memories related to digital technology I think about my family. At first, we didn’t have a computer in our house,...
Continue reading...What has the European Union planned for us social network users ?
I’ve been seeing some people worried about how the European Union is trying to handle the situation. The influence and place that social networks have in...
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