The other day I found myself discussing the names of Teletubbies with a friend of mine, as one does on a relaxing Saturday evening. After discussing...
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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...Why we shouldn’t presume that the web is flat
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Toward a different perspective on web-based objects
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...Grifting in the age of amazon
Clickbait titles work, because I came across this interesting video essay with a very vague name and clicked on it. Contrepreneurs What’s it about? The creator,...
Continue reading...LGBT identities in League of Legends
It’s been a big year for the League of Legends community, the most recent big event being DRX winning the World’s Championship against the undefeated T1....
Continue reading...Armchair Activism or the lazy protest
Recently my Instagram Feed has been filled with reposts of all kinds of posts about the current protests in Iran. I am sure most of you...
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‘GFE’ means ‘GirlFriend Experience’. This service is provided, usually by prostitutes, to give you the experience of having a girlfriend in a day or on an...
Continue reading...Want to earn? Join the platform
Traditionally, creators such as artists, authors and designers have leaned on large institutions to allow them to publish their work and monetise it. But if you’re sure that your work does have enough interested customers to sell well, these days there are plenty of alternate ways for you to monetise your work.
Continue reading...I Had a Hologram Teams-call
Is the future of digital calls and meetings upon us? Recently, I participated in an experiment for my friend’s (Deborah Sintruije) research at the TNO (The...
Continue reading...Digital media and the impact on attitudes towards refugees and migrants
Introduction Since the invasion of Russia in Ukraine I noticed that the Dutch attitude towards and against migrants has changed. I find it interesting that we...
Continue reading...Outside the Bubble: Social media usage in Palestina
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The NBA is a League of Sexists
Anthony Edwards seems to be imagining that he’s the mouthy, talented player he played in the Netflix produced basketball movie “Hustle” – he’s in big trouble...
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Hello and welcome to my first blogpost here for digital media, culture and society! Though familiar with blogging through sites such as Tumblr, I now hope...
Continue reading...How digital media polarizes generations
Let me introduce myself, my name is Isabel and I am 20 years old. I have used the internet and on that digital media my whole...
Continue reading...Enter the Matrix: An Exploration of Digital Futures (Part 2)
In the second part of this three-part podcast on the future-shaping potential of current trends in technology, Andrea Blätler, Fiona ‘t Hart and I discuss the...
Continue reading...How gender data gaps affect women
Hello wonderful people, thanks for checking out my video. In it, I take a quick look at why data gaps come to be, what forms they...
Continue reading...Connecting Globally – The Duolingo Language App
Duolingo , or “The world’s best way to learn a language” according to the application itself, was launched to the public in 2012, and according to...
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Toxicity in multiplayer video games is something every multiplayer gamer has to deal with. Whether you play League of Legends, Minecraft bedwars, or Roblox, there is...
Continue reading...The challenges of starting a new universe
With Mark Zuckerberg changing, or revealing, the course he wants to take VR with his company, I want to just share my experiences with and surrounding...
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