Social Media

The environmental cost of the internet

Past weekend I had a discussion with my father about the climate march of the preceding Friday, I was talking about how the size of the...

Social Media and High (?) Fashion

It is needless to list the perks of digital media. We are living in a day and age where we have fast access to information, gadgets...

October 7, 2019 by zeynepyilmaz AMS2019 Business Culture Digital Media Online Platforms Social Social Media 2

Online personality cults

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October 7, 2019 by T.L. van der Linden AMS2019 Culture Games Influencer Internet Media Memes Online Platforms Social Streaming Media Video games 2

With this sudden appearance of cold and wet autumn weather, a natural occurrence comes back into our lives. I call this the ‘I’d-really-rather-not-go-outside-into-the-cold-and-the-rain’ phenomenon. A perfectly...

October 7, 2019 by Moos AMS2019 Culture Digital Media Internet Media Online Platforms Social Media Streaming Media 0

Do we make social media, or does it make us?

“According to this {the structuralist} perspective, people don’t ‘think or speak ideas’ or make meanings. In fact, the very idea of a ‘free subject’ is, ironically,...

October 7, 2019 by LTMicajkov AMS2019 Culture Social Media 2

The Past Is Doomed to Recur…

During middle school, my history teacher used to say ‘The past is doomed to recur!’ all the time. Maybe that was only the case for Turkey...

October 7, 2019 by Sanem Cerit DH2019 Digital Media History Media Psychology Social Social Media 0

The Alternative Algorithm and Alternative Realities

The term ‘algorithm’ to many humanities-oriented people may seem like an abstract concept. One might understand it as a theoretical construct, but not necessarily grasp its...

October 1, 2019 by zofiavdk Algorithms Culture DH2019 Digital Media Education Facebook Games Language Media Media Theory Psychology Social Social Media Virtual Reality (VR) 0

They have been lying to you

Imagine your sentences getting cut off whilst you are speaking to a friend in the middle of your conversation. Or imagine your mom trying to turn...

September 30, 2019 by zeynepyilmaz AMS2019 Digital Media Internet Online Platforms Self Social 1

Babies on Facebook and cats on Instagram?

It’s a funny phenomenon that you see more and more often. Human beings that have been alive for only 2 months that aren’t even able to...

September 30, 2019 by Tom_s Social Media 2

Instagram vs. reality

A few weeks ago, I was at a party. I sat at a table with a group of women in their fifties, as they opened up...

September 30, 2019 by laurarobustella AMS2019 Digital Media Internet Media Online Platforms Self Social Social Media 0

The unequal distribution of a wealth of digital media

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September 30, 2019 by T.L. van der Linden AMS2019 Digital Media Digitalization Digitalized Global developments History Media Social Social Media Technology 0

Your personality, your merch

You might enjoy video games, but did you know you can make a living out of playing them? This got me thinking, so I started investigating...

September 30, 2019 by Sofia AMS2019 Digitalized Influencer Internet Online Platforms Streaming Media Video games 0

It Is Too Loud Outside

Humans Are Social Animals “We, as humans, are social animals.” This is a phrase that I have been hearing since middle school. I have learned that...

September 30, 2019 by Sanem Cerit DH2019 Digital Media Digitalized Influencer Media Psychology Self Social Social Media Streaming Media Television 1

Social Media: Community Guidelines

Last night, I bumped into an article on VICE. Which talked about different people who posted images on Instagram, which afterwards got deleted because of community...

September 29, 2019 by LTMicajkov AMS2019 Culture Social Media 1

The Scale of the Greta-Effect

Today, on September 23rd, the United Nations Climate Action Summit is currently taking place in New York City following a weekend of global protests like never...