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Are Concerts Overrated?
A few weeks ago, I went to a concert by a K-pop girl group, (G)-IDLE. And I was quite disappointed, to say the least. This week...
Continue reading...An Age of (Re)discovery: ‘Duvet’ by bôa and how TikTok has transformed the way we consume music.
If you’ve used TikTok at any point over the past six months, you’ve most likely heard this song. Whether it be the chorus, the first thirty...
Continue reading...Modern Artwork: Connecting Past and Present
Last Tuesday, I took advantage of a free afternoon to visit the De Lakenhal Museum in Leiden. Among the many fascinating works, one piece, in particular,...
Continue reading...Role of Art on Social Media Platforms
In last week’s blog, I touched upon a very interesting and multi-layered topic: how art and social media influence each other. But since it was impossible...
Continue reading...Screen Time Superheroes or Little Troublemakers? The Danger of Children’s Digital Adventures
The Age of Influencers: Why Are We So Obsessed with Them?
Have you ever thought – who is an “influencer”? For example, a famous celebrity, aka businesswoman and media persona, Kylie Jenner shares some posts on Instagram and, suddenly, thousands admire her and are in a rush to follow her lead. Why?
Continue reading...Million dollar faces
Newspapers working with technology
I have been in this country for a month now and I call my brother every week, this last time he was talking about our family...
Continue reading...Scrolling away the doom: the destruction of human happiness
Browsing the web as means of passing time has been around for some time, yet active, mindless scrolling, that consumes quite a lot of our time,...
Continue reading...Tech-cavemen: imagining the prehistoric social networking
Posting content on social media has become a habit for us millennials and Gen Z, but have you ever wondered what it would have been like...
Continue reading...How Lidl-Trek is leading the competition on Social Media?
Once beloved team Trek-Segafredo changed its main name sponsor to Lidl earlier in 2023. This is not the first time for a supermarket branch has become...
Continue reading...Filtered Reality: How Instagram Fuels Body Image Insecurities
Aliens in the age of Social Media: A closer look at the recent Mexican UFO hearing
In the realm of unexplained phenomena, UFO sightings have always piqued human curiosity and imagination. Recently, I came across a video about a UFO hearing in...
Continue reading...Art in the Age of Social Media
Make Life Harder: How a Meme Page Became an Influential News Outlet
It is extremely interesting to see how communication evolves in the digital realm. One of the most fascinating examples for me is an Instagram profile, known...
Continue reading...The Evolution of Instagram: Artistic Visual Blogging
Imagination is the power. Ellen Sheidlin When Yuriy Dud, a Russian journalist, asks Ellen Sheidlin “What is power?” at the end of a 2-hour long interview, she...
Continue reading...A Lifetime in the Digital
The buzzing of an alarm clock, music or podcast dialogues filling rooms, texts and emails popping up on every screen: these are just a sprinkling of...
Continue reading...Beyond the Firewall: Tricksters and Players
Recently, I had to wake my predator instinct up and go on a house hunt to find a place to live in Leiden. No traditional method...
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