Influencer

Fast fashion and influencers: social media made me buy it!

As Black Friday is approaching and has increased in popularity in The Netherlands, I thought it would be interesting to write about the impact of social...

Youtube fitness content, how it kept me more motivated to keep exercising.

I’ve had multiple subscriptions to multiple gyms, but after a few months I just had no motivation to continue going. I was either too busy or...

November 22, 2021 by Emma van Kins Health Influencer Web Weavers YouTube 4

Behind the scenes: what does a twitch mod see?

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November 14, 2021 by Emmy Consumption Esports Influencer Internet Media Online Community Online Platforms Safety Social Media Streaming Twitch Video Web Weavers 1

Demi Lovato Taught Me English

This blog post discusses how the globalization of media and entertainment has facilitated learning other languages just by consuming content. Audio-visual styles of learning languages have...

October 28, 2021 by Marta Influencer Language Movies Virtual Voyagers 0

CodeMiko – a new age of virtual creators

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October 28, 2021 by majamodrzewska Influencer Internet Media Web Weavers YouTube 1

The Rise of the Influencer and its Implications on Social Media

I think my first memory of using a social media platform was probably MySpace. In all honesty, I only had one friend — two, if you...

October 4, 2021 by OGeerman Consumption Influencer Instagram Social Media Virtual Voyagers 0

The influence of ‘influencers’ on social media

In today’s day and age, if a company wants the public to buy their product, a social media influencer is the way to go. Instead of...

September 21, 2021 by Hannah Influencer Virtual Voyagers 1

Social Media, Capitalism and Performance: ranting about living in a post-digital age

As I was philosophising about what topic to talk about in this week’s blog post, I thought about the people I looked up to in the...

September 20, 2021 by Roos Consumption Culture Digital Digital Discoverers Digital Humanities Digital Media Digitalization Facebook Influencer Instagram Internet Media Mental Health Online Platforms Philosophy Social Media Technology Twitter 0

Digital Discussions Episode 8

Episode 8: Parasimp This the eighth episode of our podcast titled ‘Digital Discussions’, in which we discuss topics about the digital, humanities, and digital humanities. As...

December 1, 2020 by RandomizedV2 Consumption Influencer Internet Online Community Podcast Social Streaming 0

The reality of CGI influencers

We all know the typical influencer: pictures on the beach, doing yoga at sunset, have a cute dog and the perfect relationship. Good sense of style,...

November 17, 2020 by therese Influencer Media Maesters Social Media 1

Video: The Influence of Simfluencers

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October 26, 2020 by EmmaElize Games Influencer Instagram Media Social Media Video games 0

The A to Z of My Relationship w/the Internet

In hopes of wrapping up these series of blogs in style, I thought I would document the A to Z of things I have discovered through...

December 20, 2019 by Hiba Argane Culture DH2019 Influencer Internet Media Online Platforms Psychology Self Social 0

Podcast: #DigitalArtists with Sonja Steiner

This is a conversation between two artists: the academically-taught artist Sonja Steiner and self-taught digital artist Kristina Kovalenko about the effect of the digital revolution on...

December 20, 2019 by kristinakova Algorithms AMS2019 Art Artificial Intelligence (AI) Influencer 0

Digital Media As Means To Equality Or Diversity

In my previous blog posts, I have talked about the current orientation towards a digital era, increased digital and social media usage, increased perfectionism and stereotyping,...

November 4, 2019 by Sanem Cerit DH2019 Digital Media Influencer Internet Media Psychology Self Social Social Media 0

DIY Hacks or Die Hacks

Recently, I’ve stumbled upon a heated discussion online on whether YouTube should be involved in monitoring content that the users of the platform are posting. In...

November 4, 2019 by kristinakova Artificial Intelligence (AI) Freedom of speech Influencer 2

Narcissism in the online world

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October 27, 2019 by Chloe Rajaonah AMS2019 Influencer Internet Media Online Platforms Social Media 0

Digital Media As An Accelerator Of Perfectionism

Can you remember when you first heard of the concept, ‘mental health’? (I can’t.) I don’t remember being informed about mental health, its examples and potential...