There are many ways to engage with the digital world. For example it can be used to connect with people, to entertain yourself and others, to...
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Main Character Syndrome in Comment Sections
Picture this: you’re scrolling through your TikTok feed when you stumble across a video about a new game coming out. You watch the video all the...
Continue reading...My First Memory of the Digital
My younger brother Szymon turned thirteen this year. As an older sister who grew up in a time when access to the digital world was incomparably...
Continue reading...Who decides what our relationship with the digital will be?
In this blog, I share how the digital world plays a significant role in my daily life and how, for the most part, this connection has been beneficial to me. However, I also reflect on the delicate balance between healthy and unhealthy digital usage, exploring how it can sometimes lead to addiction and excessive behaviors. To shed light on this issue, I discuss a lawsuit that points to those who might be driving these troubling patterns.
Continue reading...A Week After the Apple Event: Who is it For?
So, past Monday Apple had its annual Apple Event showcasing some of their upcoming products, from revealing a new Apple Watch, software updates to the AirPods...
Continue reading...The Information Cocoon: How We’re Trapped by Algorithmic Recommendation
A Day in my Digital World
The very first thing I do upon waking up is check the weather ap. Then, I scroll through WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok before finally opening...
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It’s Wednesday morning, and I am, as usual, cycling to Uni. It’s a pleasant ride; without headwind, it’s just under half an hour, which is just...
Continue reading...Seasons in the Abyss
Disclaimer: the title of this blog post is inspired by a song by Slayer. I, being a simple programmer, working for a so-called multinational big enterprise,...
Continue reading...Meta’s Power on Our Feeds
When I Scroll, I Don’t Think A day in the digital, for most of us being a scroll through social media, looks quite different, even if...
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An Exploration of the Online Ego. An Essay.
My first memory of the digital
What Tik-Toks’ new trend “working-class aesthetics” is about?
Video: The World of Digital Galleries
Is the solution rational doubt or radical act?
Hamlet said “To be or not to be”, even doubting his own life. He must have felt so lost and meaningless. No one can live doubting...
Continue reading...hyperconnectivity: we were not meant to see so many people
Hyper-connectivity. I read this word in an article online somewhere. Wikipedia says it was coined by Canadian social scientists and it essentially means the connectivity that...
Continue reading...(Video Essay) How Does Get Ready With Me Create an Online Collective Identity?
Hi! Today I examine how social media helps to create an online collective identity with the trend Get Ready With Me. I dive into Identity Theory (IT) used in sociology and the concept of performance introduced by Goffman to showcase how collective identity is created. Join!
Continue reading...Bodies made of Data
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Women have been tracking their menstrual cycles for a long time, even before the help of digital tools. An app,...
Continue reading...Behind the clouds: the ecological footprint of digital transformation
As we have seen blog posts on different areas in our lives being transferred to the digital realm and potentially claiming it as a more sustainable...
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