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E – poetry and its cyber branches

“I’m just a squirrel looking for a nut You are a wizard harry I’m a what Glad to believe in #Jesus, He’s the best… From Fresno...

Facebook conspiracy

Conspiracies are something that always interest me. The way people sometimes blatantly belief in something that others don’t just fascinates me. If I’m completely honest, sometimes...

November 26, 2019 by Tom_s Algorithms Facebook Social Media 1

The Northface: Only sorry because you got caught.

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November 26, 2019 by ManonvdG AMS2019 Media Maesters Online Platforms 3

Writing history in the age of Big Data

Our age is truly the age of Big Data. Every day we tweet, write posts and upload photos to Facebook and Instagram and send messages through...

November 25, 2019 by - DH2019 Digitalized Facebook History Internet Memory Privacy Social Social Media 1

Second Life: a second way of learning!

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November 25, 2019 by Eleonora Bartoli AMS2019 Digitalized Education Games Online Platforms Social Technology Virtual Reality (VR) 0

You were right mom

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...

November 25, 2019 by zeynepyilmaz Algorithms AMS2019 Facebook Internet Media Maesters Online Platforms Social Social Media 0

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...

November 25, 2019 by Sanem Cerit DH2019 Digitalization Facebook Internet Media Online Platforms Psychology Social Social Media 0

The Beauty of CGI and Instagram

This blog will be about the combination of CGI and how small, absurd and uncanny CGI animations have gone viral many times on Instagram. After last...

November 11, 2019 by LTMicajkov AMS2019 Media Social Media 0

From Love Letters To Smartphone Screens

In my first blog post, I mentioned that I am a tv-maniac who can watch series all day every day if possible. There is something about...

November 11, 2019 by Sanem Cerit DH2019 Digitalized Media Smartphones Social Social Media Television 1

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

November 10, 2019 by eva Artificial Intelligence (AI) DH2019 Digitalization Facebook Online Platforms Politics Technology 0

“OK, boomer” Vol. 2: Climate Change Kills

On my way to Leiden I witnessed a conversation that literally made the hairs in my neck stand up, much akin to a pissed off cat....

November 10, 2019 by Moos AMS2019 Culture Environment Freedom of speech Global developments Health History Internet Journalism Media Memes Politics Social Media 2

“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...

November 10, 2019 by Moos AMS2019 Culture Digital Media Education Environment Freedom of speech Global developments Health History Internet Language Media Memes Online Platforms Politics Self Social Social Media 0

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...

November 10, 2019 by Connor Culture DH2019 Internet Memes Online Platforms Social Social Media 2

Hey, Oranges… Yeah…Oranges

To begin my blog post I would like to share this groovy animated Frank Zappa interview on fads. Among the themes discussed, I would like to...

November 8, 2019 by BerBremm Social Media 0

My job for running Instagram accounts

I have a 20-something number of alarms on my iPhone, each concerning a different time of the day, each for a different time zone than that...

November 5, 2019 by zeynepyilmaz AMS2019 Social Social Media 3

Consuming Databases

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November 4, 2019 by T.L. van der Linden AMS2019 Consumerism Digital Media Internet Media Media Maesters Memes Online Platforms 0

Digital Media As Means To Equality Or Diversity

In my previous blog posts, I have talked about the current orientation towards a digital era, increased digital and social media usage, increased perfectionism and stereotyping,...