Streaming Media
Toward a different perspective on web-based objects
Introduction What are web-based objects, or what might they be? Since objects are culturally constituted, it is interesting to ask how the increasingly digital and internet-oriented...
Continue reading...Podcast: Streams of Twitch with DutchTristan!
This is the first episode of a two-part podcast series about Twitch streaming. In this episode DutchTristan answers some burning questions about what streaming is all...
Continue reading...Twitch’s New Policy
Most of us, if not all, are aware of the livestreaming platform Twitch. If not, allow me to explain a little about it. Twitch is a...
Continue reading...ASMR (video)
A year ago I had a discussion with a friend about ASMR. We had very different opinions: she is a fan, she listens to sleep ASMR...
Continue reading...The wired headset has become a new retro trend! Are young people tired of AirPods?
The Wall Street Journal published a review article on the topic of AirPods. However, the article is not discussing the newly released AirPods3 this year, nor...
Continue reading...They are not real! Open your eyes!
Everyone believes it is true! 2 Korean virtual internet influencers are synthesized by AI technology, sharing daily wearing, life, and singing. With the rapid development of...
Continue reading...‘Just Chatting’
What I’ve noticed in our generation and its relation to media consumption is that even when we’re busy doing one task, we like to consume some...
Continue reading...Spotify wrapped: most wonderful time of the year
It Wednesday December 1 and I open Instagram and see a story that fills me with so much joy and excitement. It is a story that...
Continue reading...fanfic appreciation post
I think everybody has heard of fanfiction, but people have many different ideas about and opinions of what it is. In Media and Social studies there...
Continue reading...“I spy with my little eye…”- streaming or surveillance?
Studying online, why not try using StudyStream?
When talking about digitalization, the first thing that came to my mind is school. Since the second semester of my first year, I have taken most...
Continue reading...Online personality cults
Orange
With this sudden appearance of cold and wet autumn weather, a natural occurrence comes back into our lives. I call this the ‘I’d-really-rather-not-go-outside-into-the-cold-and-the-rain’ phenomenon. A perfectly...
Continue reading...Your personality, your merch
You might enjoy video games, but did you know you can make a living out of playing them? This got me thinking, so I started investigating...
Continue reading...It Is Too Loud Outside
Humans Are Social Animals “We, as humans, are social animals.” This is a phrase that I have been hearing since middle school. I have learned that...
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