In reflection on my previous blog, IDFA’s Doclab 2024 is a must visit when interested by the cutting edge of technology in new media, technolgy, and...
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Shared Nostalgia: How social media fuels our longing for the past
The phenomenon of nostalgia, and its status in the internet age has been a regular point of discussion and thought in many of my blog posts...
Continue reading...(video essay) This Message is For You: When Spirituality Enters TikTok
I have been thinking about the relationship between digital media, especially TikTok, and spirituality for a while now. How does spirituality change when mediated by the...
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Thinking of digital art I remembered an exhibition I saw at the Stedelijk Museum in 2022. It was I will survive, an overview of works by...
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From the 8th to the 19th of November, the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam is hosted in the cinemas of Amsterdam, presenting socially engaged documentaries from around the globe....
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It feels like the little disclaimer on every webpage asking the user to accept or refuse -if that is even possible- the “cookies” was a snowball...
Continue reading...Playing with Humanity: Cyborgs in Cinematic Context
Last week’s lecture made me realise that cyborgs go far beyond what I thought they were. My idea of cyborgs was pretty simplistic: On the one...
Continue reading...Communities : a social tsunami, Gamestop.
What is the difference between 3000 persons and a group of 3000 persons ? Easy answer, 3000 persons is a mass but a group of 3000...
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If you had a phase-you-do-not-speak-of in your teenage years, you might have spent a lot of time discussing in communities online, maybe even doing role play...
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NPC Streams: A New Viral Trend on TikTok Italia
Lately, TikTok has seen the rise of NPC streams. This trend has been introduced to Italy by creator Giuliana Florio, a 27-year-old girl from Naples. Every...
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If you have read the title, and the speed up version of “money, money, money” by ABBA started to play in your mind then you are...
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Today I’m here to talk about the fever of the podcasts. Have you ever heard of this trend? Well, in case you haven’t it’s people who...
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Recently, I clicked on the app of Instagram and a wall message popped up. I had to read it first and make a choice before I...
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BookTok vs. Dutch Literature: What is the Effect of BookTok on Local Literary Cultures?
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Retake Essay – Digital media: Renewing the Way People Perceive and Understand the World
The development of digital media relies on the advancement of the Internet and information technology, which not only improves the efficiency of message dissemination, but also...
Continue reading...Vintage.com: How the Internet digitised one of fashion’s most analogue traditions
Like most others with similar interests, second-hand clothing was my ticket into the fascinating world of fashion and clothes. I could pinpoint the places, the feel,...
Continue reading...Otome Game: Emotional communication with video games
Definition Otome games are a type of relationship simulation game with a female audience as the target audience. Raiders are generally male characters, with a few...
Continue reading...The Affordances of Online Platforms: Exploring Connectivity in Friend-Making Apps
Learn how to see. Realise that everything connects to everything else. Leonardo Da Vinci In the age of digitalisation, the concept of affordance assumes a central...
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