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...What do Indonesians have to say about FIFA 2022 in Qatar?
I have been observing a certain mass media platform on Instagram, and I feel embarrassed sometimes when I read the comment section. Has Indonesian internet society...
Continue reading...Is it really worth it? – What do the influencers on social media tell you about a beauty product.
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Unnamed Podcast Pilot Episode: Social Media Ads and How to Protect Children
Hello and welcome to the first podcast episode made by Ceiba Dick-Read, Max Alexandre and Gijs Mesman. In this pilot episode, Gijs is host and introduces...
Continue reading...Outside the Bubble: Social media usage in Palestina
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Since when does an entertaining AI feature as a filter become a dysphoric addiction?
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“Link in bio to purchase”
Alternatively titled: “literally everything is an ad and it’s kind of a problem” Who remembers this clip from a South Park episode? Because for a year...
Continue reading...The Ruling of Social Media Censorship
Social media is ever-present in our lives, we interact with others and perhaps also encounter posts that go against our own views. At least, that is...
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...Paradise Hills
Paradise Hills is a film by director Alice Waddington and premiered 26 January 2019 at the Sundance Film Festival. When I watched this film back in...
Continue reading...The reason why my attention span became shorter than a duck
Over the recent years, I’ve noticed that I’m having more and more trouble focusing on any task for more than five minutes. Even while writing this...
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...Is Martin Cabello real or just playing a character? – the disturbing side of an internet ‘personality’
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How has social media changed music production and reception?
A collaborative podcast with saschagalamikic from Digital Discoverers References “Break It Off”, song by PinkPantheress (start and end of podcast); used for educational and analytical purposes....
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...Internet Apocalypse: What the Facebook Outage Tells Us About Our Dependency of Social Media
Picture this: Whatsapp messages are not getting through, Instagram feeds are not loading, Wifi routers are being turned on and off again all around the world,...
Continue reading...More rules for influencers, do they work?
On November 1st 2020, a new Media Law went into effect, allowing the Dutch Media Commmission to enforce on hidden or veiled advertising on YouTube, Instagram...
Continue reading...The bright side of Instagram
Instagram is a lot of things. It’s a communicative medium to stay up to date on what is happening in the lives of your contacts as...
Continue reading...A child-friendly Instagram
After discussing the Facebook survey that revealed the company’s knowledge of its harmful effects on teenage girls, I started wondering whether the platform will see any...
Continue reading...In honor of this #wordmentalhealthday
Lately, my social media seem to have been filled with two contradictory ideas. On my Instagram feed, I’ve been bombarded with posts about mental health and...
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