Diggit Magazine

Free access to scholarly e-books and articles? Thank you, but no, thank you

Column

Juan Eduardo Bonnin

14/05/2020

4 minutes to read

Why have academic publishers started offering free access to their content? In this article I argue that they want to prevent you from getting to know the benefits of piracy.

Fake news, hybrid media, politics and democracy

Defining fake news in a hybrid media system

Article

Judith Evens

04/01/2021

12 minutes to read

This article unravels various definitions of fake news and situates it within a context of hybrid media, politics and democracy. Fake news can be overwhelming. I aim to bring a little bit of order into the chaotic world of fake news.

Celebrities' Flex Culture - Who Are You Flexing On?

Article

Savina Karneva

01/06/2022

13 minutes to read

Celebrities online post content that can be seen as flexing which can be defined as bragging or showing off by displaying expensive commodities. This paper investigates what flex culture exactly is and delves deeper into the consequences of flexing

neo racism and banal nationalism of the AFD

How the AFD tries to divide Germany

Article

Nathalie Schabio

13/10/2021

11 minutes to read

Germany is in a fight against racism since the second world war. However, the increasing popularity of the right party AFD is challenging the goal of achieving equality. Neo-racism and banal nationalism aggravate the political and social climate.

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The war in Ukraine and the end of everything

Paper

Kevin Doyle

13/05/2022

33 minutes to read

Kevin Doyle doesn't understand why we let ourselves be reduced to passive observers of the war in Ukraine. Will we one day wake up – complicit and deranged – as nothing more than spectators at the end of everything?

The responsibility gap: Using robotic assistance to make colonoscopy kinder

Article

Savina Karneva

19/04/2021

4 minutes to read

Nowadays, technology and medicine go hand in hand. New technologies like robotic assistance can provide better, if not new, treatments for patients. However, these technologies are not always beneficial.

#iwanttoseenyome campaign against racial-bias on Instagram

Racial bias and #IWantToSeeNyome on Instagram

Article

Flávia Stienstra

22/09/2021

15 minutes to read

This article analyzes the discourses surrounding the removal of photographs of black curvy model Nyome Nicholas-Williams, which incited a discussion on Instagram’s racial bias practices leading to policy change on adult nudity.

Diversity and representation in TV and movies and why it matters

Paper

Florentine Bakkenes

27/06/2022

10 minutes to read

This paper explores the positive and negative effects of representation that we see in TV programs or movies and discusses Encanto and Emily in Paris as examples that do it right and wrong.

It's a match: Tinder and Tourism

Article

Lieke van der Wielen

15/05/2019

8 minutes to read

Tinder Tourism is influencing the way we experience travel, but the way we travel is also changing Tinder

An in-depth look at the Fire Emblem Community: History, Platforms & Language

The Fire Emblem community: Elitists, casuals and everything in-between

Paper

Boaz N.

04/09/2020

18 minutes to read

The article focuses on Fire Emblem, now one of Nintendo's most beloved franchises, and its community, examining what it takes to be a fan, where fans are found, deviance and the community, language quirks and other social traits.

Straight TikTok versus Alt TikTok: the creation of deviance from within

Article

Iris Olde Hampsink

28/05/2021

17 minutes to read

This article examines the social construction of "deviance" and in-group/out-group identities on Straight TikTok and Alt Tiktok.

Covid-19: A World United, A World Apart

Column

Ana Deumert

06/04/2020

8 minutes to read

Covid-19 affects us all, but it affects us differently. In this column I look at #StayAtHome policies outside of middle-class realities, and argue for caring and compassionate policy interventions that support the most vulnerable.

Geekerella and the Validation of Youth Fan Culture

Article

Ananya Sen

02/12/2020

12 minutes to read

Geekerella, a young adult novel, seeks to validate often stigmatized fan practices by showing how fan culture is responsible for the formation of identities and communities. It delves into what it means to be a teenage fan today.

The Metamorphosis of Patti Smith

Article

Nina Groeskamp

12/01/2022

12 minutes to read

Is Patti Smith a celebrity or public intellectual? This article analyses her main role through the perspective of these two models. She is a different assemblage, playing different roles on each occasion.

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The deviant image of student association Vindicat

Paper

Ruben den Boer

Bart de Goede

Lynn de Munnik

Ymke Rooijakkers

16/03/2022

16 minutes to read

How student association Vindicat tried to restore its own image by labeling individual members as 'deviants' (and failed).

Doctor Who: Is there a female Doctor just to lure in young fans? (Chris Chibnall)

Review

Ananya Sen

20/01/2021

10 minutes to read

This review of the Thirteenth Doctor in Doctor Who discusses gender representation and its relation to fandom, and whether the move to cast a female Doctor was indeed a step in the right direction.