Imagine this: you go to YouTube, Twitch or any other video-content platform. You find some creators that you particularly like and you end up following them...
Continue reading...Virtual Visionaries
Do I really want to buy these jeans or did the girl on Pinterest just look very good in them?
Social media makes it hard to tell if we genuinely like something or if we’re just chasing the latest trend. Fast fashion thrives on this cycle, constantly pushing new styles that we feel pressured to buy. The result? A closet full of clothes we don’t truly connect with, all while contributing to overconsumption and environmental harm.
Continue reading...Online Offline Connecting Lost Stories
History on the internet often takes the form of just another plotline, some facts and events that we scroll through, enjoy, and quickly forget. Something completely...
Continue reading...My pitch for a better autocorrect
As I was texting my friends about a birthday gift for someone, I replied: “Dat is vast een leuke verassing.” [That’s probably a nice cremation]. For...
Continue reading...The Impact of Porn Industry on Conceptions About Intimacy
I can 99% be sure that most of us have at least opened mainstream pornography websites like PornHub for pleasure, curiosity, fun or perhaps just by...
Continue reading...Curated Lives: Let me show you the best of me
I often feel that I am living in the ‘Rear Window’ of a Hitchcock film. For me, the Internet is like a telescope in the hands...
Continue reading...Reviving Cinema: Film Restoration in the Digital Age
Thanks to 4K restoration technology, I’ve had the pleasure of reconnecting with many of my favorite films from the pre-digital era, while discovering countless classics I...
Continue reading...Florida Man Streams Hurricane Milton from Boat in Tampa Bay
Lieutenant Dan: the famous live streamer When Hurricane Milton was expected to strike Florida earlier this week, authorities urged residents to evacuate. Tampa mayor Jane Castor...
Continue reading...Literary and Scientific Content Producers and Providers
The internet, being, yet, another public space, is certainly full of all kinds of contributors ranging from the villain to the benevolent. The choice of scale...
Continue reading...My dependency on the Internet or the so-called World Brain
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Jodi.org and the Deconstruction of Games
The early internet pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s envisioned a democratic environment of commonly accessible creative tools, where communication channels would enable innovative approaches for...
Continue reading...I will write the message in my notes app and you will tell me if I should send it ok?
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An Introduction to Fanfiction
In a vain attempt to shame myself into limiting my phone usage, I recently took another look at my screen time. On Monday, I spent around...
Continue reading...Fighting ‘brainrot’
YouTube is my favourite social media platform. For years, I have been watching videos on it every single day. When I was younger, I would watch...
Continue reading...“The App Designed to be Deleted”
I joined Raya, and what I found was more “business” than “pleasure”. Raya is an exclusive dating app known for its selective membership. The process required...
Continue reading...Advice from strangers: Friendly Beauty Tips or Subtle Body Shaming?
Xiaohongshu, a popular Chinese lifestyle platform, started a trend called ‘Ting’quan’ at the beginning of this year, which means ‘listen to advice’. Moreover, this hashtag refers...
Continue reading...The Dark Side of Curiosity: My Experience with Online Privacy Invasion
When I was in high school, something happened that forever changed the way I view social media and digital privacy. It wasn’t a big, dramatic event,...
Continue reading...The Digital Concert Experience
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How Video Games Spread Across the Globe
So recently I have been playing the new Legends of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. Its the latest title of the Zelda series, available exclusively on the...
Continue reading...Social Media and Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories
Earlier this week, Austria’s far-right FPÖ emerged as the big winner in the national elections. The FPÖ, founded by former Nazis in the 1950s, is known...
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