Media Maesters
Talking about the future, are we living in a Black Mirror episode?
When I think about the future it’s a paradox that comes to my mind. Everything is uncertain but we can imagine how it will be. The...
Continue reading...Spotify Playlists
Hey!! I’m sure all of you use different platforms to listen to music, the most common ones nowadays are Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube....
Continue reading...Campaigning on TikTok: Thierry Baudet
A few weeks ago were the national elections in the Netherlands, with all the corresponding campaigning and preparations from the parties in all media. It was...
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...The amazing rebranding of Spotify Wrapped
It arrives in the beginning of December and takes over my entire Instagram story feed and rest of social media for three days: Spotify Wrapped. Every...
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...Why the **** do people listen to the top 2000?
A holiday tradition on the radio The days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder: it’s December. We are approaching the holiday season with...
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...Artificial poems for Sinterklaas: Are they any good?
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...
Continue reading...[VIDEO] I’m Just Here For The Selfie
by Lorenzo Piero Holder On my recent visit to the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at the Stedelijk in Schiedam, I was disappointed. While I was eagerly expecting...
Continue reading...[VIDEO] Digital Laborscape: Navigating Value in Social Media
Here is a youtube link to the video, I will add the text in its entirety below if you want to read things over, enjoy! Digital...
Continue reading...[VIDEO] Virtual Reality in Museums: New Immersive Perspectives
Virtual Reality (VR) is a new form of technology that has gained significant popularity over the last decades. The use of VR headsets has been introduced...
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