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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The People Behind Your Safe Feed
After playing the Amazon race, which highlighted Amazon’s poor employee code of conduct and ethics, I was inspired to write my blog about a similar case...
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Letterboxd: A flip-through
More rules for influencers, do they work?
On November 1st 2020, a new Media Law went into effect, allowing the Dutch Media Commmission to enforce on hidden or veiled advertising on YouTube, Instagram...
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The ultimate social media ranking I and my friend Matteo went out and got a list of the biggest social media platforms and decided to rank...
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Social media platforms are used by (almost) everyone that owns a smartphone. All platforms have been brought into this world to make our lives more ‘social’...
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After the elections of the new US president in November 2020, I think most of us are happy that Joe Biden won against his competitor and...
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One day when I was yet again endlessly scrolling on YouTube, I discovered a new side of the popular site: exotic bird owners. After becomming infatuated...
Continue reading...r/TheMysteriousSong: Reddit’s investigation into a peculiar piece of music
The Song Listen to this song. Just listen to it, and try to invoke the place and time in which this song would have been popular....
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With Donald Trump’s creation of his own social media platform, does this issue a landmark of online free speech or is it a hallmark of the...
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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...
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Despite the years of peer pressure and FOMO, I have been refusing to download tik tok because 1) I don’t need another social media platform to...
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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I have been trying to stay off of the internet and reduce my usage of social media in attempts to maintain my peace of mind, because...
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TW* I first discovered Tumblr when I was freshly 11 years old – back when the website didn’t have sensitive content warnings. I was entering an...
Continue reading...How big brands are stealing ideas and capitalizing on small designers
It is the plagiarism of the fashion world and quite the unfair fight: enormous fast-fashion companies are stealing the creative ideas and designs from independent designer...
Continue reading...Fanning the Flames: Conspiracy Theories, Fake News and Facebook
The role of social media in spreading misinformation is undeniable, harmful to individuals and dangerous to society -according to Facebook. What is the Golden Rule of...
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While mindlessly scrolling through Instagram reels, I saw a reuploaded version of a TikTok, in which a TikToker named ‘blan.antho’ was bragging about creating this inside...
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