Last Saturday evening I received a push notification about the fact that the CoronaCheck-app was unavailable due to the amount of people using the app at...
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Getting exposed because you deserve it: the problem with victim blaming
Warning: contains stories about experiences with revenge porn Revenge porn in digital media “Right now, I am in twenty chatgroups. Each group problably has more than...
Continue reading...Paying for promotion: How do targeted ads work?
It`s almost scary: You research the internet to see what vacuum cleaner to buy, and the next day all the advertisements you see are about different...
Continue reading...When it´s not food that ferments.
The other day I started reading The Language of Food: A Linguist reads the menu by Dan Jurafski, in which he explores food origins and unravels...
Continue reading...From Novels to TikToks, Instant Gratification and the Rise of Impatience
I’ve had a hard time coming up with an idea for this week’s blog post. While I find it interesting to read about others’ first memories...
Continue reading...How technological development is stealing my job. Or is it?
It is no news that revolution leads to changes in various spheres of our lives, so the Digital revolution that has happened just recently is having...
Continue reading...Help! I’m in a waiting room without my phone.
In this blog, I’m going to discuss a year in my life without a smartphone. This piece is intended to be satirical and poke fun at...
Continue reading...Advertising on social media and my tendency to partake in ‘retail therapy’
I used to be semi-addicted to online shopping. Spending multiple hours a day on apps or websites looking at things I wanted to buy and buying...
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Nowadays, social media platforms are appearing left and right. One uppon a time I vowed to never download this one particular app because I figured it...
Continue reading...Is Instagram a Contemporary Museum of Art?
Like many others, I have an Instagram account. Recently, I decided to post less of my life, and more of my art. Newly identifying myself as...
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In the digital age we are becoming more and more available because the internet connects us all. Today many people use instant messenger apps such as...
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