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The Context Social media platforms bring about so many opportunities for enhanced global connection and access, and yet I often feel very passive on these platforms. Passively consuming content can be great, especially considering the fast-paced nature of our society today. However, I feel the prolonged periods of time I spend passively scrolling negatively affects my ability to think clearly and more…
This blog will be about the combination of CGI and how small, absurd and uncanny CGI animations have gone viral many times on Instagram. After last weeks discussion about virtual worlds, I started to think about ways people use digital productions, CGI and animation. Sometimes it is very obvious that CGI or animation is being used, think of films like The Lion…
I think everyone has experienced The Mitty Effect. If you do not know what this is, it’s probably because I just made that term up. It is inspired by the movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, one of the best films I have ever watched. The story is about a guy named Walter Mitty. Like most of us, Mitty has a…
Last night, I bumped into an article on VICE. Which talked about different people who posted images on Instagram, which afterwards got deleted because of community guidelines. It got me thinking as to whom decides what can and cannot be seen on Instagram, or any social media for that matter, and the way this regulates a form of power. The community guidelines…
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Who am I ? Where am I going? What am I trying to say, and to whom? These questions may sound familiar to you. Maybe they largely belong to your teenage years, maybe you still ask them to yourself, or maybe you have a different set of questions in search of your own direction and path. These questions, however, accompany me almost…
Nothing is what it seems. Not only magicians and politicians are experts at hiding the truth, arguably everyone participating on social media is some kind of illusionist. Creating the illusion of a perfect life, a perfect family, a perfect career. Showing the trophy without the training, showing the victory without the struggle. Throughout my blogs I have been considerably positive regarding social…
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