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Is Digital Media Democratizing? Vol.2
Voluntourism?! not on mah watch!!
When it comes to wealth distribution, the picture is pretty clear. We house in apartments or houses, have access to wifi (sometimes even for free), and...
Continue reading...Boycott Blizzard or Whatever
Postmodernism on Instagram
Maffesoli’s article from this week’s mandatory reading list describes the ways in which neo-tribes developed as a consequence of postmodernism. These are presented as a sociocultural...
Continue reading...Job application: Social media manager
This week’s blog I want to dedicate to my own interaction with social media, as someone who has managed the social media for several organisations. A...
Continue reading...Language Games
The inspiration for writing this blog post came to me while trying to have a conversation with my mother. Keyword: trying. It has become increasingly difficult...
Continue reading...Influences of Digital Media on Artists
Baby-Hitler and mums on Facebook
Most of us began using social media when we were in our pre-teens. As for Facebook, I remember ruthlessly lying about my age when I first...
Continue reading...Finally it’s here, my long awaited video
Yes, I did it. I have created and uploaded a video in which I’m discussing four games that all revolve around communities and their social dynamics....
Continue reading...A (digital) loveletter to my iPod classic
Whilst cleaning my old room at my parents, I found my red iPod Nano. My parents had gifted me this ‘dumb’ device in 2007, when I was...
Continue reading...Winning friends and influencing people
When last week we were talking about ‘The Self Online’ I started thinking about how we, as humans, are taught how to present ourselves and how...
Continue reading...Personal Mobile Coach
A millennial’s task
One of the most tedious remarks made by the older folks when it comes to millennials is that “we have everything at our fingertips, so we...
Continue reading...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...Sex Work in the Digital Era 🍆
What is sex work and why should I care? When the topic of sex, sexuality and sex work enters a conversation, different reactions arise. Some argue...
Continue reading...A human rights issue
I spent a good part of my weekend procrastinating on the Internet trying to come up with something to write for this week’s blog post. I...
Continue reading...Decade Defining Images
Biometric Authentication
The Internet, Foucault’s Panopticon and You: A Digitized Disciplinary Society
Have you ever wondered what internet ‘cookies’ are? Or how secure your information is online? Since the digital revolution and the advent of the internet, data,...
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