Two years ago, when I first moved to the Netherlands to study economics as an international student, I was faced with different cultural shock at that...
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MBTI: From Personality Types to Memes, Why We Can’t Get Enough
If you’ve been exploring the online world lately, you’ve likely come across a peculiar combination of four letters in your social media feeds. It’s almost become...
Continue reading...Make Life Harder: How a Meme Page Became an Influential News Outlet
It is extremely interesting to see how communication evolves in the digital realm. One of the most fascinating examples for me is an Instagram profile, known...
Continue reading...In Defence of the Deep-Fried Meme
Hi! This week I have another video, this time on Hito Steyerl’s essay ‘In Defense of the Poor Image’. The video is in 540p quality not...
Continue reading...We do not forgive. We do not forget. We are legion. We are Fellas.
Within the landscape of the RUssian-Ukrainian conflict, there is one more front at which soldiers fight… twitter. And they fight by posting memes? Come discover NAFO with me!
Continue reading...“Toad Worship” – Young Chinese people try to deconstruct authority
The term “Toad worship” refers to the “worship” of Jiang Zemin, China’s top leader from 1989-2002. “Toad” is the nickname given to Jiang by Chinese netizens...
Continue reading...Memes from the East: A Look Into Japanese Meme Culture
Memes have become a big part of our society. While they used to be simple funny distractions you’d occasionally send to your friends, they are nowadays...
Continue reading...“IO SONO GIORGIA”: memeification of politics
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Influence of Memes
Before we can even begin to discuss memes, we first need to define what memes are. Memes are an abbreviated form of the term memetic, and...
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Digital Discussions Episode 2
Episode 2: The Digital Influence of Memes This the second episode of our podcast titled ‘Digital Discussions’, in which we discuss topics about the digital, humanities,...
Continue reading...Pepe the Frog: the story of the internet’s most notorious meme
If you are reading this, you have probably seen Pepe the Frog before. You know, that little green b*stard that’s been terrorizing every conceivable social media...
Continue reading...Holy Memes: where Christianity, self-mockery, and social media meet
written by Aurora E. L. Turkenburg Memes come in many forms, shapes, and sizes. But the function of a meme is always the same: they are...
Continue reading...Memes and why I think they work
Memes are a typical feature of the internet. They show that humor becomes very ironical when it’s formed by billions of people at the same time....
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...
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As a child, we’ve all looked up at the night sky, trying to count the stars. But even that tiny piece of sky was so filled...
Continue reading...A meme a day keeps the doctor away
“An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.” This definition...
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