Hello wonderful people, thanks for checking out my video. In it, I take a quick look at why data gaps come to be, what forms they...
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Have you ever been watching a film made by a company in the United States that displays all other countries as ‘third-world’ through adding a yellow/orange...
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Having previously considered social media marketing as a potential career path for myself, I had once sworn myself to the world of marketing analytics until I...
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Where did I come from and where will I go? It wasn’t until I went to high school that I got my first smartphone and I...
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In the digital world we live in, surely most of us have experience with keeping in touch between countries. Although the technology at our disposal makes it drastically easier to contact friends and loved ones in different countries, does it come close to what real-life physical interaction can give us?
Continue reading...Movie Mania (pt. 2): The Social Network
Here it is, the last podcast from the Unnur and Grace duo. In our final podcast, we take a deep dive into the award-winning film The...
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Today I read a news article about Dutch influencer Donny Roelvink who apologized for recommending a cosmetic medical procedure. He had had porcelain plates added to...
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In one of my courses, we learned about the different methods that some users take in racially profiling other players in the online game World of...
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There has been a movement on social media to make the platforms more accessible toward people with vision and hearing impairments – such as introducing closed...
Continue reading...Online Child Grooming – TW
I’m pretty sure everyone has shuddered at the thought of their (future) children being on social media at one point or another. It’s not because we...
Continue reading...Help! I am a digital hoarder
Let’s talk about stuff. LOADS of stuff!Well…what is that stuff I’m talking about then? Here, I mean in particular the things that we collect and store...
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What is Dungeons and Dragons? Dungeons and Dragons, or D&D for short, is a tabletop RPG where the core is storytelling and the goal is having...
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In this podcast Hinako and Lyzanne discuss digital education during corona in higher education.
Continue reading...Why do I share on Instagram?
Last May I decided to take a picture of myself in every mirror I saw. There is no specific reason that I wanted to do this,...
Continue reading...Are Influencers the Modern Day Merchant?
Hello everyone! This is a video I created discussing how social media influencers have become the modern day merchant! I hope you enjoy! Images sourced from: ...
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In this podcast, my friend Matteo and I met up and we discussed some general technology. It varied from programming, artificial intelligence in chess to the...
Continue reading...“Finding Yourself” in a Digital World
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the emphasis of modern society on self-exploration. To me, it seems like there is this expectation of knowing...
Continue reading...But what if I’m scared?
TW: This blog post contains images of 3D rendered models of spiders Apex Legends is one of the biggest battle royale games today. For those who...
Continue reading...The Digital Dilemma: Part 3
In the final part of this three-part podcast James Bentham, Andrea Blätler, and I discuss various benefits and drawbacks of digital platforms in relation to our...
Continue reading...Mental health vs social media: How do reactions to our posts trigger our feelings?
The last two lectures on The Ego Online and The Network Society have inspired this blog post. As the lecture discussed, the idea of the Face...
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