Last night I had the pleasure of watching the movie Heretic and it was nothing short of brilliant (no, seriously, I sobbed at the end). As...
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A long time ago, one of my uni colleagues got into the habit of looking inside Microsoft Word files. Instead of opening the file by double-clicking...
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Newspapers working with technology
I have been in this country for a month now and I call my brother every week, this last time he was talking about our family...
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In the boring country where I come from, sometimes, things happen. On 15 June 2023, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government passed Bill C-18, the long...
Continue reading...Make Life Harder: How a Meme Page Became an Influential News Outlet
It is extremely interesting to see how communication evolves in the digital realm. One of the most fascinating examples for me is an Instagram profile, known...
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Everything, everywhere, all at once
Freedom of speech and its dilemma Our young generation has been proving our mastery at utilizing the Internet and social media as a tool to loudly...
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my flatmate can’t stop doomscrolling and it’s tearing our family apart. this is a cry for help.
Continue reading...Have you ever heard of the “Nth room incident”? How dark it was!?!
The sexual exploitation incident happened in South Korea in 2019. It revealed the criminal groups were between the ages of 24 and 25. They used fraudulent...
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With Donald Trump’s creation of his own social media platform, does this issue a landmark of online free speech or is it a hallmark of the...
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Whether it was boredom, intrigue, or peer pressure, many people joined TikTok during the near-global lockdown. No matter the reason why, every single one went on...
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Last Saturday evening I received a push notification about the fact that the CoronaCheck-app was unavailable due to the amount of people using the app at...
Continue reading...Digital Discussions Episode 2
Episode 2: The Digital Influence of Memes This the second episode of our podcast titled ‘Digital Discussions’, in which we discuss topics about the digital, humanities,...
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Written by: Akif Aliyev The year of 2020 in many senses has been a year of reflection. Not just for me I believe, but for all...
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