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As people have always done
Hello and welcome to my first blogpost here for digital media, culture and society! Though familiar with blogging through sites such as Tumblr, I now hope...
Continue reading...Rumours about Upcoming Video Games – False Hope or a Way to Hype Games Up?
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The Problem with Fitness Clickbait
Over recent years, workout videos on YouTube have exploded in popularity and become a source of fitness for millions of people worldwide. These can be a...
Continue reading...Memes and echo chambers (British discretion is advised)
As many of you may already know, the Queen of England died only last week, after a solid 70+ years of reigning. Now, I’m not going to get political (she says- ready to cause a scene at every family dinner), but I’d advise you to only keep reading if you consider yourself emotionally detached from that whole situation.
Continue reading...The Ruling of Social Media Censorship
Social media is ever-present in our lives, we interact with others and perhaps also encounter posts that go against our own views. At least, that is...
Continue reading...Gen Z vs Millennial – podcast
This podcast is a casual talk with my guest Nicole* about some differences between Gen Z and Millennials when it comes to the use of social...
Continue reading...Discord, the good, the bad and the ugly
This is a short podcast where I talk about Discord’s good things (socializing and connecting people) the bad things (grooming and negative anonymity) and the ugly...
Continue reading...The Omegaverse: Claiming A Trope (Pt. 3)
In the third part of this three-part podcast Andrea Blätler, Fiona ‘t Hart and I discuss the ethics of fanfiction, consent and non-consent in media, and...
Continue reading...How to deal with social media overwhelm
In this video I will be talking about social media overwhelm. I will define the term sensory overload and relate to Goffman’s theory on theatrical performativity...
Continue reading...Update on online Charity
In my opinion there are currently two big Charities going strong on YouTube the first one is #TeamSeas and the $1.000.000 stream for St. Jude. Lets...
Continue reading...#DepressionVersusSocialMedia
The twenty-first century is the century of technology; social media is prevailing in every aspect of our lives and can be quite convenient in many cases...
Continue reading...Instagram ads gone too far (video)
I’ve made a short videos about the problems of instagram advertisements and paid sponsorship of cosmetic procedures and plastic surgeries. Enjoy! Sources https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-59406842 https://brogan.com/blog/cosmetic-surgery-advertising-changing-face-medical-marketing/ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/instagram-being-flooded-by-fake-cosmetic-surgery-posts-that-can-be-deadly-3990893.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-instagram-plastic-surgery-study-0830-biz-20170829-story.html...
Continue reading...Echo-chambers and Technological Group Think: The Case For Platform Socialism
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...
Continue reading...The reason why my attention span became shorter than a duck
Over the recent years, I’ve noticed that I’m having more and more trouble focusing on any task for more than five minutes. Even while writing this...
Continue reading...My digital journey
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...
Continue reading...Is body positivity really that positive?
Hello everyone, I created a video about body positivity and asked myself if it is actually really that positive. Hope you enjoy! Sources: “Body Positive,” Urban...
Continue reading...I’m on #GISTok!
Yesterday was just like any other day, I was sitting in my room, scrolling through my TikTok For You page when I came across this one...
Continue reading...OnlyFans: What’s on the News?
OnlyFans (OF) is a subscription-based social network that allows creators and influencers to sell their content directly to their subscribers. Launched in 2016, OF is owned...
Continue reading...The way Instagram keeps you hooked
I once deleted Instagram from my smartphone in an attempt to minimalize the time wasted on social media. Over the next few days, I found myself...
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