Recently, I became more observant of how I use gadgets and digital media. I have noticed some weird habits I have or used to have in...
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Socializing on Online Games?
In online games everyone puts a bit of themselves in their character, in a sort of an alternative world, where characters/avatars are alter-egos of real people....
Continue reading...Online harassment: how to protect freedom of speech online
Online harassment censors freedom of speech, how to protect freedom of speech and reduce online harassment without censorship?
Continue reading...From Joker, With Love
I recently saw the movie Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix. I was late in the game, as I just watched it a few days ago when in Europe...
Continue reading...The Immutability of Time
Two times a year, the clock changes. We either get an hour more or an hour less. We’re all so used to this that it doesn’t...
Continue reading...Privacy? What privacy?
Edward Snowden was working as an employee of the CIA in 2013 when he rose to fame for releasing some highly classified information to the public,...
Continue reading...The Pirate Bay and the Hidden World of Private Piracy Sites
I would not be surprised if most of us in this class and our generation know The Pirate Bay by name or have illegally downloaded Friends...
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Is Digital Media Democratizing? Vol.2
Voluntourism?! not on mah watch!!
When it comes to wealth distribution, the picture is pretty clear. We house in apartments or houses, have access to wifi (sometimes even for free), and...
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Postmodernism on Instagram
Maffesoli’s article from this week’s mandatory reading list describes the ways in which neo-tribes developed as a consequence of postmodernism. These are presented as a sociocultural...
Continue reading...Job application: Social media manager
This week’s blog I want to dedicate to my own interaction with social media, as someone who has managed the social media for several organisations. A...
Continue reading...Language Games
The inspiration for writing this blog post came to me while trying to have a conversation with my mother. Keyword: trying. It has become increasingly difficult...
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Baby-Hitler and mums on Facebook
Most of us began using social media when we were in our pre-teens. As for Facebook, I remember ruthlessly lying about my age when I first...
Continue reading...Finally it’s here, my long awaited video
Yes, I did it. I have created and uploaded a video in which I’m discussing four games that all revolve around communities and their social dynamics....
Continue reading...A (digital) loveletter to my iPod classic
Whilst cleaning my old room at my parents, I found my red iPod Nano. My parents had gifted me this ‘dumb’ device in 2007, when I was...
Continue reading...Winning friends and influencing people
When last week we were talking about ‘The Self Online’ I started thinking about how we, as humans, are taught how to present ourselves and how...
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