In this blog, I share how the digital world plays a significant role in my daily life and how, for the most part, this connection has been beneficial to me. However, I also reflect on the delicate balance between healthy and unhealthy digital usage, exploring how it can sometimes lead to addiction and excessive behaviors. To shed light on this issue, I discuss a lawsuit that points to those who might be driving these troubling patterns.
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A Day in my Digital World
The very first thing I do upon waking up is check the weather ap. Then, I scroll through WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok before finally opening...
Continue reading...Meta’s Power on Our Feeds
When I Scroll, I Don’t Think A day in the digital, for most of us being a scroll through social media, looks quite different, even if...
Continue reading...The Digital and I
I currently sit in front of my computer, next to me is my phone, and behind me is my good old record player. I tend to...
Continue reading...“The Nasty Effect”; Why nastiness prevails in digital spaces.
A mean comment… a nasty remark… being subtly looked down upon… We have all experienced this. We also might have participated in nasty behaviour at some...
Continue reading...Podcats: Rural Life on TikTok
A few years ago I stumbled upon a beautiful YouTube channel named 李子柒 Liziqi which showcased traditional handicraft and food preparation activities in rural Pingwu County,...
Continue reading...Podcast: Traveling the Web
Welcome to this podcast. Today we travel the web, a digital exploration through the Balkans. This story is not linear, like the internet, our story travels...
Continue reading...“Oh Memes!” | Are you a meme lover?
Do you have the habit of using emojis when chatting with friends? Have you ever noticed the frequent trend of emojis on the internet? In fact,...
Continue reading...Streaming vs Cinemas
Last night I watched May December, a film that follows Elizabeth Berry (Natalie Portman) as she studies a woman she’s set to play in a movie....
Continue reading...I scrolled on TikTok to laugh and ended up crying. The algorithm knows you a little too well…
A few nights ago, my bedtime ritual was beginning, and expecting to have some smiles and laughs before sleep time, I ended up crying after watching...
Continue reading...‘Divine Feminine’ and ‘Tradwives’: the rise of anti-feminist female influencers
As I discussed in my previous article about my encounter with Chinese live-stream influencers, it seems that the dodgy Instagram reels algorithm has become my new...
Continue reading...A Global Life: Digital Nomadism
At 18:00, standing at Central Station, waiting on a delayed train after having wrapped up another workday, drenched from the relentless rain, and seeking solace in...
Continue reading...Get yourself out of the Filter Bubble
My scrolling activity looks very similar each day. I open Instagram with muscle memory, even though it is in a separate folder,(The goal was to have...
Continue reading...Capture Everything
Why are we so obsessed with taking photos of famous locations or artworks? In this video essay I tried to find an answer to this question,...
Continue reading...Live-streaming Queens: the bizarre and lucrative world of China’s live-streaming influencers
Scrolling through my Instagram content the other morning I came across a video that caught my attention. Most of the algorithmic content that pops up on the...
Continue reading...Wearable Technologies
Wearable Technologies are perhaps a development most significant to today’s society, for it has made devices an everyday essential item. Wearable Technologies are created to be...
Continue reading...The power of TikTok on online shopping
We all know how TikTok works; you open the app, start scrolling through videos until you find something interesting, and then maybe start investigating on the...
Continue reading...Posts on social media
Albums I’m sure you have different albums created by yourself on your phone. You went on a weekend trip and on your way back you start...
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