Last week, I wrote about the way young influencers use their social media platforms to reach out to followers. We, generationZ, millennials, and teenagers, are the...
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Are Selfies the Next Way in Which We Learn About Art History?
Through the Looking-Glass
This podcast is about filters on social media that change the ‘reflection’ of a person’s face. We (Aleksa and Emilia) explore the pros and cons of...
Continue reading...How is chess thriving in the era of videogames?
Chess is among the oldest games in the world. It is believed that it originated in its earliest form in India as early as the 6th...
Continue reading...Don’t You Text Me in That Tone!
One of the things the most important things to me during the beginning of the quarantine when I couldn’t see my friends was the internet– being...
Continue reading...The story of two dogs trying to take on the world of Instagram
Following the youtube link above you will see the story behind two Pomeranians, Sammie & Gibbs, having their own Instagram page. If you’re wondering about their...
Continue reading...“The Father of Video Art” – Nam June Paik: Intersecting Art and The Digital
One of the artists that I still have not forgotten from my first year at Leiden University is the one and only Nam June Paik (1932...
Continue reading...The Ripple Effect: A conversation with Lady Ripple
Hello, so I decided to continue from last weeks topic of climate change and focus on the interdisciplinary approach we can all have to change the...
Continue reading...Changing my Relationship with Smartphones and the Internet (Video)
“”I am not a Robot” reCAPTCHA? Ptfff of course it is not innocent”
– said my friend matter-of-factly. Once again, I failed to impress her with my random fun fact. She is not surprise of how reCAPTCHAs might be...
Continue reading...Just had a three-hour-internet click-spiral on Youtube? You are not alone!
Manufacturers vs the “Right to Repair”
Digital romance: I do VS I swipe
today we will be talking about l-o-v-e L is for the way you look at me O is for the only one I see V is...
Continue reading...How to Buy Drugs Online, Fast
It’s become an image familiar to many by now – rows of identical prefab high-rises along wide streets as if towering over each other, as far...
Continue reading...Pepe the Frog: the story of the internet’s most notorious meme
If you are reading this, you have probably seen Pepe the Frog before. You know, that little green b*stard that’s been terrorizing every conceivable social media...
Continue reading...We and our selves: how social media give us an opportunity to become someone else and take our lives away
Social media were originally created as a tool used to stay in contact with friends and relatives, to get everybody updated on your life in just...
Continue reading...The Earth has a Deadline: The Climate Clock
The CAPTCHA: A Discriminating Time-Thief
The internet. Seemingly endless information in perpetual forms, awaiting my fingertips to press the button. What I once saw as only a toy and object of...
Continue reading...#IKDOENIETMEERMEE – consider the source, please
It is just sad that many of you, who read my blog post, don’t speak Dutch. Though, I hope that you have encountered the baffling videos...
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