Events

neo racism and banal nationalism of the AFD

How the AFD tries to divide Germany

Article
Nathalie Schabio
13/02/2021
12 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.

Two screens showing the BeReal notification

BeReal: How Authenticity Turns into Violation of Privacy

Article
Anna Skorodihina
22/09/2023
13 minutes to read

This article looks at how the new social media platform BeReal structures its app to enforce what is called an expository society through behaviour modification and how it plays into societies of control, compromising user privacy.

A truthful conversation with ChatGPT

Paper
Noortje Bisschop
20/09/2023
17 minutes to read

This article examines AI's position in the debate between a universal type of truth and a post-truth narrative by means of an interview with ChatGPT. 

digital media, platform ideologies, digital ideologies

Digital economy and platform ideologies

Working paper
Ico Maly
16/06/2023

Can we analyse digital media platforms as producers of ideology? Ico Maly lays out a framework to do exactly that. 

#MillionDollarBabies. Sharenting and its influence on kids

Article
Selin Aydinli
15/09/2023
14 minutes to read

Increasing possibilities and features of social media are emerging that make certain posts more appealing, like parenting content, with the result that private insights are being shared in public more and more frequently. 

Wealthy woman's total linguistic facts

Article
Tom Van Hout
12/09/2023
8 minutes to read

To understand how cultural ideas are evoked, we must analyze the total linguistic fact: how the interplay of language structure, use and ideology shapes social life. 

Sophie Scholl from the history books to Instagram

@IamSophieScholl: Instagram meets 1942

Article
Nathalie Schabio
11/09/2023
12 minutes to read

@IamSophieScholl is a multimedia project that brings Sophie Scholl from the history books into the present through the affordances of social media. This article unravels the tension between fact and fiction inherent in the project. 

Illustration by @_rosedosed on Instagram

We moeten het hebben over respect

Academic paper
Tjeerd van de Laar
07/09/2023
14 minutes to read

Kritische analyse van het woord respect in de recent (2021) gewijzigde wetgeving over burgerschap in het funderend onderwijs. Tevens bied ik een alternatief voor de huidige formulering van de wet aan de hand van het begrip tolerantie. 

A.I. Music and Identity Shaping: Soulless Computer Music Versus Soulful Human Music

Article
Wessel Joosten
04/09/2023
17 minutes to read

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? 
 

K-pop: from local to international

Paper
Gergana Mihaylova
01/09/2023
11 minutes to read

K-Pop is a recent fad that has recently emerged as an apparent cultural phenomenon in Europe and America. That being said, I will analyse how Korean pop expands from local music to international sensation through globalization.