What is Romglish? This article explains how the Romanian language changed by Englishization in the context of globalization and the rise of the Internet.
In his new column, Christian Chun zooms in on the use of 'liberalism' and 'liberals' as a synonym for the left in United States. Socialism and the left should should not be conflated with liberalism.
Patrick Starr and James Charles are two of the main Crusaders of male beauty vloggers. They have inspired many males to be confident in expressing themselves through makeup. How did they do it?
This article explains that because of absent social, cultural and practical conditions and because of gender stereotypes and other structures in a patriarchial society, females are underrepresented in art history.
Recently a series of actions taken from former Vice Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Valeri Simeonov, led to him submitting his resignation. This article investigates how a Bulgarian online movement collaborated to take him down.
The purpose of this column is to highlight the influence of social networking platforms on society. In particular on the way in which the outbreak of measles can be blamed on to misinformation that is spread on these platforms.
Body positivity is an online movement with an increasing amount of supporters. These body positivists used social media to spread their 'body positive' message. How do people respond to body positivity? And how can we recognize body positivity?
How is the online fandom of Sebastian Stan built on the social media platform Instagram? And how do the followers of these fan accounts connect online?
Politieke correctheid blijft een canard (Gerben Bakker, Gert Jan Geling)
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Jan Blommaert
04/04/2019
17 minutes to read
De auteurs van "Over Politieke Correctheid" beweren een analytische en genuanceerde duiding van PC te geven. Maar ze schreven een studie zonder object, zonder actoren en zonder processen.
Why does Tumblr have a new policy to ban all adult content? The general response of users is not positive, and this article will explore the reasons behind the decision, as well as the issue of content moderation that many platforms are facing
A meme can shape, spread and reflect on public discourse. This paper shows how the popular LOLcat played an integral part in the 2016 US presidential elections.
In this article, the behavior and norms within the micro-population of ASMR lovers will be analyzed. What do you need to know and what way do you need to act to become one of them?
