When I was about 16, I deleted my Instagram account and made a new one. My posts over the previous four years didn’t reflect the person...
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The good old days vs now
We Were Real Behind the Screen
I started using the Internet very early. But it wasn’t until I was around nine that I really began meeting people online. At school, I was...
Continue reading...How do we change when we enter the digital space?
Every time a person wants to enter a social media app, actually to be able to enter most of the apps, you have to make an...
Continue reading...The Snapchat Bitmoji
Sometimes, when I want to share some photos or videos with my friends, I go on Snapchat. It’s an app build around the fact that you...
Continue reading...The Performance of my (Digital) Life
Humans are incredibly talented performers, don’t you think? You wake up, brush your teeth, make your breakfast, go to school or work and ⊹₊⟡⋆‘showtime’⊹₊⟡⋆ It is...
Continue reading...Using AI During My Studies
Most people nowadays use AI: whether it’s to ask questions, generate images or for company. People use ChatGPT knowing it’s AI, while even a typical Google...
Continue reading...McLuhan’s Massage
Marshall McLuhan was a Canadian philosopher working in the field of media studies in the 20th century. His most well known theory is the concept of...
Continue reading...importance of screen time
As a child I had incredibly limited screen time: 20 minutes per day. We had one shared, little tablet that me and my sisters were using...
Continue reading...AI on trial: Opportunities and risks in the legal system
Artificial Intelligence: It has become a big part of the everyday lives of a lot of people around the world. It first started with asking simple...
Continue reading...Paradox of disconnection
Nowadays, even though we are constantly connected to the digital, we can still recognize that it has many negative sides. At the same time, it is...
Continue reading...The meme culture
The access to social media is available to many different people. While in ‘natural habitat’ one would be able to interact with fellow students, coworkers and...
Continue reading...To Shock and To Satisfy: The Message of True Crime Podcasts
In 1964, communication theorist Marshall McLuhan asserted that “the medium is the message”. This declaration, while being made before the era of the Podcast, rings true...
Continue reading...Message in the Essayfilm – How does Sans Soleil shape the message
I’m a big fan of video-essays. Most of the Youtube video’s I watch are video-essays, because I think their an interesting way of how people shape...
Continue reading...How video essays shape the message
Do you also get overwhelmed after scrolling on short-form video platforms? After seeing so many videos on various topics on platforms like Tiktok or Instagram, I...
Continue reading...How Do Movies Shape the Message?
This is a question that came to my mind from the moment I started a course in Cultural Studies. Honestly, I’m not a big fan of...
Continue reading...Media and Information: the impact of Podcasts and Wechat Official Accounts in the Digital Age
In the digital era, two seemingly different media, podcasts and WeChat Official Accounts, share similarities: both attract audiences who seek depth in certain fields of knowledge....
Continue reading...How Podcasting Shapes the Message
When I open a random podcast and listen to someone’s voice from my airpods it feels strangely personal. Maybe it’s because of the breath before they...
Continue reading...Reading Between the Lines: The Psychology of Typography in Museums
We encounter them every day: letters and texts. On paper, on your screen, in books, on storefronts and labels. We see them every day, yet we...
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