Twitter is arguably one of my most used social media platforms. I was, sometimes still am, an avid user and would tweet every little thing that...
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What Has Become a Reality in Person of Interest
Person of Interest (POI) is my personal top ten favorite TV series. It tells of the story of a geek genius, Harold Finch, and a former...
Continue reading...The Rise of Incel Language on the internet
In recent years, a linguistic shift has taken place: the language once confined to incel (involuntary celibate) communities has increasingly begun to be used in other...
Continue reading...DMC&S Podcast: Student Jobs in Leiden
Working while studying can seem stressful at first, however, it teaches time management, emotional intelligence, and a set of personalised skills depending on the job’s demands....
Continue reading...Video Essay: The Subtle Joy of Oddly Satisfying Videos
The Vast Impact of Digitalization
On this podcast, Helen, Jet, and Tsamarah talked about the impact of digitalization in our respective fields of study. Topics including the advancement of Geographic Information...
Continue reading...Video Essay: League of Legends, More than a Game
This is a short video essay about League of Legends and its E-sport scene. This has been a challenging project as I do not have any...
Continue reading...Nostalgia in the Digital Realm
AMS students—Helmi Kukka Kärki, Zuzanna Dziedzic, and Agnietė Gelažunaitė—discussing the current phenomenon of nostalgia in the digital realm. In today’s world of rapid digitalisation, constant innovation,...
Continue reading...Video Essay: a slang and its development
This video generally introduced a slang and its development. p.s. I only used AI to generate the looping talking GIF. https://video.leidenuniv.nl/media/t/1_xvq4gq68
Continue reading...A Podcast Called Digital Media: Discussing Algorithmic Culture
Below is our podcast, it was made by Rana Aydemir, Quintus van Suchtelen and Pablo Hernández Flores. In it, we dicuss the place that algorithms hold...
Continue reading...The ‘Death of Television’
In this video-essay, I will try to explain what caused the ‘Death of Television’ and try to figure out if this is really true. This video-essay...
Continue reading...Media, Culture & Nostalgia: Craft or Comfort?
For the course project, I made a video essay where I invite you to think about the motivation behind your media consumption habits under the influence...
Continue reading...Podcast – Digital Colonialism
The FOMO effect – Navigating Social Media’s Impact on Our Minds
In this podcast, university students Youri, Sohaib, and Martijn unpack the phenomenon of FOMO—Fear of Missing Out—and its powerful connection to social media. Together, we examine...
Continue reading...The Tumblr Phenomenon (video essay)
My video essay, in which I try to explain the things that set Tumblr apart from other social media. Sources: Images:https://www.pexels.com/nl-nl/foto/jongen-draagt-blauwe-t-shirt-met-zwarte-laptopcomputer-in-een-gedimd-verlicht-scenario-159533/https://www.pexels.com/nl-nl/foto/schattige-dolfijnen-op-het-wateroppervlak-225869/https://www.pexels.com/nl-nl/foto/schattige-dolfijn-onderwater-64219/https://www.pexels.com/nl-nl/foto/dolfijnen-springen-uit-de-oceaan-3354346/https://www.pexels.com/nl-nl/foto/grijze-dolfijn-op-waterlichaam-1986374/https://www.pexels.com/nl-nl/foto/zwemmende-dolfijnen-2347462/https://www.pexels.com/nl-nl/foto/kostuum-jongen-jongetje-harry-potter-8390085/ https://www.pexels.com/nl-nl/foto/vrouw-mevrouw-kostuum-wapen-20011506/https://pixabay.com/gifs/explosion-fire-boom-bomb-12681/https://www.pexels.com/photo/elderly-man-sitting-on-bed-8860212/https://www.pexels.com/photo/sad-man-covering-his-face-with-his-hands-8860208/https://pixabay.com/photos/family-newborn-baby-child-infant-2610205/https://pixabay.com/photos/stork-bird-nest-long-legged-beak-2308235/https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-standing-beside-woman-on-swing-34761/
Continue reading...Podcast – AI’s pros and cons and the influence on today’s society
In the audio file below you can listen to the podcast of Esat Ertekin and Fadi Hassan about AI. We talked about the pros and cons...
Continue reading...The Echos of Algorithm & Anxiety
A few weeks ago, I had to write a paper about a major challenge in global mental health and one of the discussion that came up...
Continue reading...The Digital Divide
We might think we are in the digital age. Our lives in the West are so intertwined with being online, it seems like the offline age...
Continue reading...Be Aware of the Algorithm
Comparing ones ‘Explore’ or ‘For You’ pages of the same platform with one another shows how unalike someone’s personalised content is. This personalisation of content on...
Continue reading...Digital Footprint And Its Way Back To You
Recently Indonesia has elected a new president and vice-president for the new term. There are, inevitably, many controversies regarding the elected candidate; particularly about our new...
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