For those who do not know what an ambience is, ambience refers to a sound recording of something that is associated with something. An example being...
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Tumblr and ED Culture
TW* I first discovered Tumblr when I was freshly 11 years old – back when the website didn’t have sensitive content warnings. I was entering an...
Continue reading...Netflix shouldn’t be a place for sex education
Influence of sexually explicit scenes in movies If you have spent any time browsing through netflix for new shows or movies, you would have noticed that...
Continue reading...How big brands are stealing ideas and capitalizing on small designers
It is the plagiarism of the fashion world and quite the unfair fight: enormous fast-fashion companies are stealing the creative ideas and designs from independent designer...
Continue reading...A brief overview of ‘human flesh search’ (doxing) in China
With the rapid development of the Internet, more and more people are getting information and enjoying services. In addition to browsing information, search engines have become...
Continue reading...A11y and the digital world
Our society is digitalizing at a rapid pace. Banking services, managing your insurances, applying for benefits, it all happens online. You might order your food, groceries,...
Continue reading...The beauty of niche Facebook groups
Facebook is slowly dying in the eyes of young people, there is no point in denying that. There certainly are platforms that are far more appealing...
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While mindlessly scrolling through Instagram reels, I saw a reuploaded version of a TikTok, in which a TikToker named ‘blan.antho’ was bragging about creating this inside...
Continue reading...Did James Bond throw shade on “My Heritage” and its competitors?
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The Digital Dilemma: Part 2
In the second part of this three-part podcast James Bentham, Fiona ‘t Hart, and I discuss various benefits and drawbacks of digital platforms in relation to...
Continue reading...Squid Game, Netflix, and the Costs of the Internet
A couple of weeks ago, my friend told me about the new TV series called Squid Game that came out on Netflix. Since I was looking...
Continue reading...A day offline: are U fine?
Have you ever wanted to just escape from the digital era to a place and time where smartphones were not even invented? I sometimes do. With...
Continue reading...‘Successful’ kickstarters – the worst of crowd funding
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Podcast: Cultural identity in Digital Media
With insights from last week’s readings and examples from current popular media, Unnur and Grace discuss and reflect on their experience with cultural identity in digital media.
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Whether it was boredom, intrigue, or peer pressure, many people joined TikTok during the near-global lockdown. No matter the reason why, every single one went on...
Continue reading...Virtual Road Trips in the Pokemon Universe
When reading Lin Zhu’s ‘The psychology behind video games during COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ which touched upon video games and...
Continue reading...The wonders and horrors of being a binge-watcher
We all know this enticing screen, urging you to not even do anything because after those few seconds of waiting (and I swear the waiting time...
Continue reading...How The Internet Helped Me Create My First Art Collaboration.
Yup you read the title right. I, Jacqueline, have created my first ever collaboration with another artist. ALL ONLINE! Crazy, right? Normally you would expect artists...
Continue reading...Happy screen/ serious screen
Recently my computer started to exhibit some worrying symptoms. The battery swell up and since I am using one of these weird laptop/tablet hybrids it made...
Continue reading...“I spy with my little eye…”- streaming or surveillance?
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