Digital Media
DestinyTalks Episode 1: Let’s talk about Tinder.
Join Iman Hasan Slaka, Caressa Betist Thenu and Joseph Thabang Palframan in this podcast exploring the realm of tinder!
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...Dystopian future? Who owns digital media and what does this mean for how we engage with it?
More and more of the media we consume is digital, where in the past someone who loves books might have had shelves full of them, nowadays...
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...The unequal distribution of a wealth of digital media
Paper and Digital Paper
I remembered 2 years ago I took my TOFLE ibt test. And before I signed up for the test, as I scrolled down the page of...
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...Historians and GIS
In the field of history, GIS (Geographic Information System) is a well-known type of software. Already the term HGIS (the extra H stands for historical) is...
Continue reading...Mission Impossible and The Death of Moments
I got a notification on my phone. Some data needed to be deleted or my phone couldn’t function properly anymore, or something like that. We’ve all...
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...The post-modern Swiss army knife
Remembrance
As a child, we’ve all looked up at the night sky, trying to count the stars. But even that tiny piece of sky was so filled...
Continue reading...Digital media in libraries
Behind the Screens : the Horrors of Facebook
The benefits of a social media break
When I read the blogs of my peers, I noticed that a few wrote about the addiction of social media. Social media is so embedded in...
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