Today, I looked at my screen time statistics on my phone, and the app I use the most is ChatGPT. Since its release, AI has become...
Continue reading...Media Maesters
Refreshing journalism or cheap propaganda?
In the digital age, journalism has transformed. Influencers and vloggers now shape public opinion, often covering stories overlooked by traditional media. This shift offers fresh perspectives...
Continue reading...Relatable Sadness and Digital Positivity
When we’re sad, we usually tend to do things that’ll either distract us from this sadness or things that resonate with the feeling, which eventually make...
Continue reading...Manipulating People’s Foolishness In Online Supplement Marketing
Have you noticed it lately? Influencers on tiktok, or company ads on the streets, that offer supplements with promising results. I’m talking about fat burners, energy...
Continue reading...Some Considerations on the Impact of AI on Global Employment
Conversations on the impact of AI in the workspace quickly veer into fears about jobs losses and mass unemployment. To start off, let’s take a moment...
Continue reading...Attractive Villains: The Menendez Brothers and the Glamourization of Crime
Netflix in the past few years released highly trendy true crime documentaries and TV series about well-known killers like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the most...
Continue reading...Algorithms are the Death of Taste
Nowadays it seems more and more that our culture is curated by algorithms. Every single day we interact with content mediated and recommended to us by...
Continue reading...Is AI really moral neutral?
In today’s world, algorithms shape so much of what we see and do. When I watch videos or listen to music, the content that pops up...
Continue reading...Trusted Flaggers – Angel or Devil?
Whether/how should digital content be regulated? The question of whether/how content in digital media should be regulated came to my attention again through the blog: “Censorship...
Continue reading...Just (don’t) film it
Due to sickness, my screen time has increased massively in the past few weeks. I have been watching a lot of videos on YouTube, which is...
Continue reading...Internet Doctors Are Worsening Health Anxiety
The internet has been known to have a little nook and cranny for every niche interest out there. People who express their interests in fun and...
Continue reading...Irresponsible implementation
With the capabilities of (generative) AI on the rise, individuals and companies have adapted and changed their workflow to fully exploit the benefits AI offers. Companies...
Continue reading...A hackathon to save Christianity
On Friday, NOS, the main news outlet in the Netherlands, headlined: “Talkshow met Mozes? Bijbelgenootschap en EO hacken de Bijbel met AI” [Talkshow with Moses? The...
Continue reading...Navigating the Digital Afterlife: What Happens to Our Digital Remains?
With the increasingly digitalized world we live in, our online presence is both larger and more important than ever. We make and leave behind an extensive...
Continue reading...Facebook: An Old People’s App
In the times where TikTok is probably the main app gen Z and gen Alpha (?) uses, applications like Facebook became, well, at least in my...
Continue reading...I’ve reinstalled Instagram after 7 months
In a beautiful morning sometime around March 2024, I decided to delete Instagram from my phone. For the longest time, I struggled with doom scrolling on...
Continue reading...Algorithms: A Human Tool for the Greatest Good, the Ugliest Evil, and all that Lies in Between
I am once again, sitting in my room, in front of my computer, writing my sixth and final blog. Behind me is my record player, spinning...
Continue reading...The Pinterest Algorithm
As we discussed in class this week, algorithms are becoming an increasingly significant part of our daily lives. One app that consistently makes me question how...
Continue reading...Can Social Media Make Us More Charitable?
Sometimes I would like to think that social media can do good. Nowadays information can be reach from anywhere. No matter if you live in Miami...
Continue reading...Concerns about (Online) Gambling in the Netherlands
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