Did you ever wonder if one of your ancestors has been to court, or maybe even served time in prison? With the help of online databases,...
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The unequal distribution of a wealth of digital media
The post-modern Swiss army knife
Dystopian future? China’s social credit system and the surveillance state
Since the People’s Republic of China announced in 2014 that they will launch a new system that is supposed to make sure it’s citizens and corporations...
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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...
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Online learning communities
Digital interaction with art, the trouble of new museum-apps
Releasing the iPhone 11, an admirable pursuit?
For the past decade, the role of Apple in the digital world has grown tremendously, becoming an industry that is both leading and constantly changing the...
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Motivations
In my final blog post, I will be discussing motivations. What are some of peoples’ motivations in consuming digital media? People use digital media for various...
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Not so very long ago most computer users printed everything. They held onto their paper texts, probably also because the average pre-millennium (Windows) computer was quite...
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Usually I write this really upbeat blog, but today will be different. So prepare yourself for a change of pace. Normally I talk about all the...
Continue reading...Pinocchio and his digital translation
‘Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.’ This was just the beginning of the fairytale of Pinocchio, an animated wooden marionette dreaming of...
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Computers can do anything or almost anything. They can even read books with the help of Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Images from printed pages are converted...
Continue reading...YouTube; A Career Platform?
During the process of writing blogs I realized that there is so much that we take for granted nowadays. Several pieces of digital structure have been...
Continue reading...The Co-existence of Positive and Negative Aspects of Internet
I remember watching an animation film ‘Wall-E’ a few years ago. To be honest, I do not perfectly remember the full story. This one scene, however,...
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The time I spent on Facebook was mainly used to look at recipe GIFS and memes. The Facebook algorithm however infered I was very fond of...
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The language of digital communication is changing over time, especially in this last decade, in which many “accessories” have been created so as to make digital...
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Nowadays, as media exposure to children is reaching its highest peak with the rise of digital media, media violence is often used to attract audiences. As...
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