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Facebook was launched in 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg and his roommates at Harvard University. Until 2006, Facebook’s main objective was to connect college students, notably those...
Continue reading...What Does Our Facebook Profile Say About Us?
There are an immense amount of social media platforms current, probably we don’t even know about some of them. However, Facebook is probably the one that...
Continue reading...Video: “Big Brother is us”
Crowdsourcing of Surveillance through Gamification Inspired by the virtual watchers project Burkhard Schafer – Crowdsourcing and cloudsourcing CCTV surveillance https://www.voanews.com/world-news/middle-east-dont-use/facebook-becomes-divisive-bahrain
Continue reading...“OK boomer” Vol. 1: Pride Comes Before the Fall
The other day I went shopping in a garden centre. You know, one of those very large ones that require a map to navigate. Why I...
Continue reading...In Memory of r/Place
Whenever I hear the term ‘social experiment’ these days, my mind immediately goes to this awful trend of various internet personalities doing increasingly rude things to...
Continue reading...this ONE trick got me to click on a spotify ad!
To tell you the truth, my appetite for discovering new music’s always been rather limited – I’m more than happy to listen to the same song...
Continue reading...All Is Fair In Love & Cookies
The story of our lifetimes is how intentionally, by design, a number of institutions – both governmental and corporate – realized it was in their mutual...
Continue reading...Podcasts: Nostalgic or Novelty?
At the age of 20, I am a dedicated podcast listener. I remember trying to understand what the section “podcast” stood for in my dad’s earliest...
Continue reading...Online harassment: how to protect freedom of speech online
Online harassment censors freedom of speech, how to protect freedom of speech and reduce online harassment without censorship?
Continue reading...What Color Are Bananas?
I can hear you saying, ‘What a dumb question, yellow of course!’. One of my classmates asked this question the other day, which didn’t even make...
Continue reading...Narcissism in the online world
Is Digital Media Democratizing? Vol.2
From Hidden Gem To Forgotten Treasure: The YouTube Favorites Cycle
This week I would like to spend a little bit of time reflecting on the way I use the ‘favorites’ system found in various places on...
Continue reading...Online streaming censorship in Turkey
This post entails the historical process of the Turkish entertainment industry, dealing mostly with the point where the streaming of TV series has gotten today. A...
Continue reading...Is Digital Media Democratizing? Vol.1
Language Games
The inspiration for writing this blog post came to me while trying to have a conversation with my mother. Keyword: trying. It has become increasingly difficult...
Continue reading...Has music become too easily accessible?
Let me start this off by saying that I am not trying to be classist or snobbish with this blog post; I believe music is for...
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