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Squatting Slavs: a culture, a stereotype or just a meme?

Article

Kristiana Naydenova

08/11/2018

18 minutes to read

Is the Squatting Slav phenomenon helping Slavs express themselves or is it ruining their reputation? This article explores the emergence, historical background, popularization, culture and language of the meme.

The Biases we feed to Tinder algorithms

Article

Magdalena Rolle

25/02/2019

13 minutes to read

This article reflects on how the biases of Tinder algorithms hold up a mirror to our society by analyzing the human impact on their technological workings.

Toen Cory Monteith doodging, stierf ook Finn Hudson

Article

Emily Tang

12/12/2017

4 minutes to read

Een analyse van de discursieve regimes rond de dood van de Amerikaanse acteur Cory Monteith.

What do real men eat? Online culture wars and the science of soy boys

Column

Piia Varis

23/10/2018

6 minutes to read

Somewhere in 2017, soy boy got added to the terms used as insults to describe supposedly unmanly men. It became the latest insult of choice for the alt-right.

Babylon's Burning

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Cyberbullying: a 21st-Century Phenomenon

Article

Reisha FG Grigoria

01/11/2018

13 minutes to read

The internet is everywhere and sadly that also means that bullies have more opportunities than ever to get to their victims. An analysis of two of such cases in relation to the copycat effect.

YouTube's demonetization situation and the adpocalypse

Article

Alex Sinke

26/09/2018

12 minutes to read

YouTube, the most famous and global video sharing platform, is home to an overwhelming amount of content creators. However, the monetization scheme and the adpocalypse that followed have changed things for the worse.

Google Translate: the end of language barriers?

Article

Juliette Berndsen

31/03/2019

12 minutes to read

Google Translate is a contributor to and a consequence of globalization. How can that be seen in the way Google Translate functions and in tourism?

Anders Behring Breivik and the Knights Templar.

Paper

Lida Nout

Irenea Penić

Nine Seelen

20/11/2018

9 minutes to read

Anders Behring Breivik was seen as a 'lone wolf', but also self-identified as a member of an ancient Christian martial order, the Knights Templar. How did he use this precursor in developing his worldview?

Is Google politically biased?

Article

Tunde Farago

07/03/2019

9 minutes to read

In this article, the issue of political bias is analyzed in relation to the algorithms behind the Google search engine.

Representation of the Zef Culture by Die Antwoord

Paper

Lisa Wijvekate

13/07/2017

16 minutes to read

Die Antwoord is a South African hip hop group that represents the South African Zef culture. This paper analyses the way the song 'Fatty Boom Boom' uses symbols and icons to represent Zef culture.

What makes a vlog a vlog?

Academic paper

Marissa K. Wood

08/03/2019

30 minutes to read

Looking at the “vlog” as a speech event, Hymes’s SPEAKING model is used to identify its contextual and interactional parameters. Conclusively, vlogging is a complex genre of new media with potential for extensive influence.

Jeffree Star and the LGBTQ Community

Article

Anne Sieberichs

09/05/2019

11 minutes to read

The world of YouTubers is diverse and colorful. An example of this big world is male make-up YouTuber Jeffree Star. This article discusses why he is contributing in the LGBTQ community.