Diggit Magazine

Ellen DeGeneres: talk show host or CIA agent?

Paper

Iris Dumoulin

16/03/2020

11 minutes to read

In 2018, people believed that Eric Trump suggested that Ellen DeGeneres is part of a hidden government within the US. This essay analyzes how this conspiracy theory has come into existence, who plays a role in it, and what this means online.

How to really talk to your conservative brother-in-Law

Column

Christian Chun

18/06/2019

7 minutes to read

Liberals in the US should not be confused with the Left. In fact, they often argue within frames derived from neoliberalism.

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.

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.

US Elections 2020

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How globalization changed Singapore

Article

Mariosé Bergsteijn

07/06/2019

16 minutes to read

The city-state Singapore is a prime example of how huge of an impact globalization can have. We can see this through Singapore developing from a small fishing town to a thriving megapolis.

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.

Importance of social media in the globalized internet age

Trump, social media and the first Twitter-based Presidency

Article

Jordan Hollinger

07/05/2018

12 minutes to read

Trump's social media presence is the most salient factor behind his success in the recent presidential election. Trump's usage of internet and social media to connect with his supporters is much more successful than traditional forms of media.

A once solely Jamaican based music style and culture started in the Jamaican dancehalls, inspired by ska and rocksteady, took over the world in the ’70s, Reggae.

Reggae as a global culture scape

Article

Naomi Hofman

22/06/2020

16 minutes to read

Jamaica is the center of a huge global culture scape: reggae. This article analyzes the globalization and history of reggae culture using Appadurai's concept of hard and soft globalization and Wallerstein's world-system analysis.

The power of online reviews in decision-making

Article

Nadine Visser

05/06/2020

11 minutes to read

Online reviews are widely used for decision-making in daily life. Reviews of entertainment objects (e.g. films, books) are used as evidence of their quality. In this paper, we discuss the construction of "experts" on cultural knowledge online.

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.

Culture Wars Groypers Q&A-trolls hybrid media

Charlie Kirk's Culture War, Groypers, Nickers and Q&A-trolling

Column

Ico Maly

04/11/2019

10 minutes to read

Since mid-October, Charlie Kirk’s Culture War tour has been increasingly haunted by the Groyper Q&A-trolls, who use the Q&A section to frame Kirk as a cuck.

How typically Swedish is IKEA all over the world?

Article

Malou Janssen

25/03/2019

9 minutes to read

In order to operate on a global level, IKEA makes many regional adjustments to their marketing campaigns. So how "Swedish" are they?