Len Cella was an innovator back in the '80s who created what can retroactively be described as the first TikToks. What kind of impact have his early sketches had on the social media and content creators of today's age?
Arjen Lubach has often succeeded in changing the Dutch political agenda with calls to action and satire. This article explores how Lubach uses digital tools in his digital activism and demonstrates how he constructs digital literacies in doing so.
Ariana Grande started her career as the red haired tv series character Cat Valentine. This article analyses the different hairstyles connected to Ariana Grande's public and private personas.
An analysis of the music video of APESHIT by the Carters. The music video criticizes the Western monopolization of Art. This paper analyses the music video through the perspective of McDonaldization, Colonialism, Art history, and World Art.
The NorCal and SCal culture industries are converging on multiple levels, and one of them is the video game industry. This paper explores how Fortnite revolutionized the way we perceive games.
This paper discusses the content on the Instagram account Zeikschrift and explores how Madeleijn van den Nieuwenhuizen uses the digital vigilantism practices 'calling out' and 'naming and shaming' to criticize and reshape various Dutch media.
In fall 2023, scholars from across Tilburg University gathered to share their research and develop interdisciplinary environmental justice methodologies for understanding migration, place, and indigeneity in Europe. This film showcases their collaborative efforts.
What do Russia and Ukraine have in common? Surprisingly, it can be love for the recent Russian TV show ''Slovo Patsana.'' How did this series manage to bond two countries at war? This article examines the ''Slovo Patsana'' phenomenon.
This paper examines Zuboff's "Big Other" and proposes to change this metaphor to "Web of Eyes" in order to stimulate a discourse that accounts for recognizing human self-responsibility and agency in this age of continuous surveillance.
This paper answers the question of whether the topic of rising sea levels in art can be seen as sublime. To come to a conclusion, theories by Burke and Salmose are used to analyze Daan Roosegaarde's Waterlicht as a case study.
This article focuses on globalisation, universalism and the concept of the universal museum while dissecting The Declaration on the Importance and Value of Universal Museums through the context of stolen artefacts like the Benin Bronzes.
Artificial Intelligence in the music industry has been growing in public discourse. Can A.I. music get on par with traditional music and shape similar social identities?
Gavin McInnes is a far-right provocateur and Western chauvinist. This paper analyzes the metapolitical battle of McInnes through a deep dive into the 'anti-woke discourse' as well as his most effective strategies.
TikTok has been widely discussed and criticized in mainstream media. But the app has also been hotly debated in conspiracy media. How do they employ TikTok controversies to perpetuate their grand conspiratorial narratives?
