Media Maesters

An Ode to Google Maps: how the digital changed the way we travel (pt. 2)

Between my friends, I am known for being terribly bad when taking leadership for map directions. After months of not knowing that the blue dot indicates...

October 30, 2023 by Sabinagch Media Maesters 0

OSINT – a new journalism

These last weeks, we talked a lot about the impact of the digital world on our consumption of information. However, we barely spoked about the way...

PODCAST: politics and social media.

We’re living in a world of increasing political tensions. How does social media use influence the way we go about political discussion? Do we need to...

October 30, 2023 by emhaultain Media Maesters 0

Couldliterallybeanything-core and the end of subcultures

A few weeks ago, one of my roommates shared with us the research topic for her bachelor’s thesis on the alleged end of subcultures, and it...

October 28, 2023 by Sabinagch Media Maesters 0

Digital Display, Artistic Personalities on the Internet

Artistic Persona How much does an artistic Instagram profile have in common with the actual person standing behind it? As I wrote about digital identities in...

October 23, 2023 by olga.madler Media Maesters Virtual Visionaries 1

Smartphone Surveillance and Human Rights

I think we are all aware, that we live in an age where information is currency and every page we visit is gathering data. Rationally we...

October 22, 2023 by zosia Digital Dynamos Ethics Media Maesters Surveillance 0

No friends? Meta has the solution!

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October 17, 2023 by NB Artificial Intelligence (AI) Media Maesters Media Maesters Meta 1

Redefining Creativity As A Young Artist

As a self-proclaimed artist or a creative at best, I often feel overwhelmed by my inspirations. The other day, when I visited the Hilma af Klint...

October 17, 2023 by elsagraap Media Maesters 0

How tv and videogames made me read,write and speak the english language.

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October 16, 2023 by Willemijnreij Media Maesters 0

yoursisbillie is not Kendall Jenner

Instagram recently rolled out a new AI feature in collaboration with about two dozen celebrities using their faces to promote fictional character chatbots. Among these are...

October 16, 2023 by siri Digital Dynamos Media Maesters 1

What does “the web” look like ? 2/3

A little bit of context : We all know the internet as an intangible entity, a digitized world on its own. However, the internet has a...

October 10, 2023 by Sacha Laudrin Laroche Computers Digitalization Environment Media Maesters Media Maesters Technology 0

90s Yearbook photo trend; it’s all fun and games until your identity gets taken away from you

In the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has been developing at a staggering rate. It has so many different functions, too many to list, but a...

October 9, 2023 by Nora.W Digital Dynamos Media Maesters 1

The Collective Memory of Now: How our Digital presence has shaped what, why and how we remember.

The cultural link made between individualism and memory has been a consistent factor in the history of human thought. Seventeenth-century philosopher John Locke even hypothesised that...

October 9, 2023 by emhaultain Culture Digital Digital Humanities Digitalized History Media Maesters Memory Online Community Online Education Virtual Visionaries 1

I no longer enjoy reading – books and media (part 1)

One thing about me is that I have been obsessed with books for a while now. Not just as in reading books, but collecting them, spending...

October 8, 2023 by elifkirankaya Media Maesters Virtual Visionaries 3

The effects of education on later digital behaviour

When reading last week’s inspiration (What is your earliest memory of digital media?) and talking about others in class and the discussion group, it got me...

October 3, 2023 by wvanderavoird Media Maesters Media Maesters 0