Description The topic of this video is “digital surveillance.” I was inspired to make it after Leiden University made an announcement last week that they been...
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The transphobia pipeline – TikTok’s algorithm and harmful content
I was scrolling through TikTok, as I usually do, and sometimes you can come across actually insightful and interesting content. One of those videos came on...
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Do you ever watch YouTube for a long period of time and then suddenly find yourself watching “Top 10 frog sounds”, or some other random video...
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Can Instagram boost your mental health?
Yes, you read it correctly. I just asked a question on whether Instagram can improve our mental well-being and I can imagine that this sounds surprising...
Continue reading...How Uber grows without making profit
In the year 2009, Uber was founded in San Francisco by Garett Camp. Now, twelve years later, Uber is valuated at around 91 billion USD and...
Continue reading...What we can learn from DuoLingo
My mother is, like me, a true language lover. She literally wakes up and falls asleep with language games. In the morning she often starts her...
Continue reading...The impact of social media on NCAA sports
A couple of years ago, while scrolling through YouTube, I came across this video. In it, UCLA gymnast Kaetlyn Ohashi performs her 2018 floor routine. For...
Continue reading...Does your phone listen in on you?
Did you ever have the feeling your phone is eavesdropping on you? For example when you just had a converstation about a product with someone offline...
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First, let’s start with a complement: most have you have included your own ideas and experiences in your blogs very well. Kudos! This post is meant...
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The ultimate social media ranking I and my friend Matteo went out and got a list of the biggest social media platforms and decided to rank...
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Who hasn’t used a filter for their selfie on Snapchat or Instagram? It all started with the dog ears and flower crowns, but gradually the filters...
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Social media platforms are used by (almost) everyone that owns a smartphone. All platforms have been brought into this world to make our lives more ‘social’...
Continue reading...Books, books, books
Books are beautiful things. Even in this day and age, where streaming services like Netflix or Amazon Prime with their vast array of movies and tv...
Continue reading...r/TheMysteriousSong: Reddit’s investigation into a peculiar piece of music
The Song Listen to this song. Just listen to it, and try to invoke the place and time in which this song would have been popular....
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BN’ers and their front- and backstage behavior
I work in a museum, where I guard the art while also providing visitors with extra information about the works on display. Besides this, I also...
Continue reading...How does the Great Firewall influence the Chinese?
With a unique Internet environment different from another world, the new generation of young Chinese is growing up gradually. For a long time, they have been...
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Disclaimer: This blog post handles the subject of mental health in a way that some people may find distressing. Reader discretion is recommended. In case you feel yourself struggling with your mental health, there is a list of links at the bottom of this blog post where help and advice can be found. Please take care <3
Continue reading...Mental health vs social media: How do reactions to our posts trigger our feelings?
The last two lectures on The Ego Online and The Network Society have inspired this blog post. As the lecture discussed, the idea of the Face...
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