Diggit Magazine

Satre on Facebook The public intellectual filter bubble

The public intellectual trapped in a Facebook bubble

Article

Noura Yacoubi

01/11/2018

5 minutes to read

Facebook's new algorithm give users a better experience, but actually creating an even more restricted bubble. The 'public' in 'public intellectual' could bette be changed to 'bubble'.

Everything you need to know about E-girls?

Article

Yoanna Manoilova

08/02/2021

15 minutes to read

How e-girls online behavior and the mockery towards them create the Internet girls image

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.

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?

Digital Vigilantism

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Does a Fitbit make you healthier and happier?

Paper

Iris Olde Hampsink

06/09/2021

11 minutes to read

This article analyzes the app Fitbit, its aim and its game design elements. What makes Fitbit both successful and unsuccessful. Additionally, the article discusses what role participatory surveillance plays on the app.

Arielle Scarcella with an image of Trump holding the LGBTQ+ rainbow flag

The Platform of a TERF: How Arielle Scarcella creates a trans exclusionary discourse on YouTube

Article

Elise Stegmann

07/09/2021

12 minutes to read

How does YouTuber Arielle Scarcella use YouTube's affordances to promote a trans-exclusionary narrative? This article analyzes homonationalism.

Click farms as shows in the HBO show 'Silicon Valley'.

A look behind the scenes of click farms

Article

Idhuna Pastoor

29/04/2019

10 minutes to read

Have you heard of click farms? They manipulate the algorithms on social media, and make use of the popularity principle to create visibility online. But are click farms actually a legal business?

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.

How should the ‘Parliamentary Investigation Committee’ research discrimination in the Netherlands?

Article

Kutlay Yağmur

01/09/2021

10 minutes to read

The Dutch Senate (First Chamber of the Parliament) decided to investigate the relationship between the anti-discrimination legislation and its effect in practice. Kutlay Yagmur presented his critical remarks on the research plans of the committee.