Hello and welcome to the ninth podcast episode made by Ceiba Dick-Read, Max Alexandre and Gijs Mesman. This is the final episode in our podcast series...
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Enter the Matrix: An Exploration of Digital Futures (Part 2)
In the second part of this three-part podcast on the future-shaping potential of current trends in technology, Andrea Blätler, Fiona ‘t Hart and I discuss the...
Continue reading...The new snake oil marketplace
Today I read a news article about Dutch influencer Donny Roelvink who apologized for recommending a cosmetic medical procedure. He had had porcelain plates added to...
Continue reading...Real World Gaming
Throughout my life, I’ve already played several games, ranging from RTS (Real-Time Strategy), Shooters, MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena), RPG (Role-Playing Games), and so on. Now,...
Continue reading...Halloween Special: Slender Man and Spreading Horror Stories in the Virtual Realm
Get ready to shiver and prepare yourself for the horrors the internet can deliver: it’s time to dive into the paranormal world of Creepypastas. Horror stories such...
Continue reading...Tradition in the Modern World: Internet Folklore
Folklore is one of the oldest forms of communication in the human language. Most of the time, folkloric tales are exclusive to the (ethnic) communities by...
Continue reading...Fanning the Flames: Conspiracy Theories, Fake News and Facebook
The role of social media in spreading misinformation is undeniable, harmful to individuals and dangerous to society -according to Facebook. What is the Golden Rule of...
Continue reading...Phones’ Ears are Flapping
Game training: does it work?
Robopsychology
I remember watching “I,Robot” as a kid, and thought about how absolutely impossible it would be for a robot to ever have emotions (got that skepticism...
Continue reading...With great freedom comes great inconveniences…
In this podcast, Aleksa and I discuss how we, as a society, live in a panopticon where governments are struggling to gain knowledge on its citizens, while global...
Continue reading...Shaun the sheep
Or how online tests decide who I am The Internet makes our lives easier. This fact has turned into an understandable and already primitive point for...
Continue reading...Cyberbullying: Will It Ever Go Away?
With the increase of our time online, the fact that cyberbullying cases have increased should not come as a surprise. But what makes it different than...
Continue reading...Safe Spaces for… Men
I recently joined a Facebook group where it consists of only females. It’s really quite nice since I get to expand my social circle, and I...
Continue reading...QAnon’s Clowns (or not?)
Emotions for Likes: It’s Good for Business
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...
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...Thoughts on Mental Health on the WWW
An estimated 1.1 billion people are affected by mental or substance use disorders worldwide. A critical aspect of these disorders is that the majority have their...
Continue reading...Will traditional media cease to exist?
For this last blog post I was inspired by our assigned presentation, for which I chose to examine the future of traditional media. The subject has...
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