Diggit Magazine

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.

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?

Matcha: Don't let yourself be fooled by superfoods

Article

Federica Morgandi

02/05/2019

9 minutes to read

Superfoods are hot, and so is Matcha, the powdered green tea. Matcha is more than just tea, it is a superfood, an identity emblem and a social media phenomenon.

What is QAnon

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Nosedive, a vicious take on social media (Joe Wright)

Review

Heleen Dijkhuizen

29/09/2017

3 minutes to read

Black Mirror's Nosedive shows us a vicious take on social media.

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?

Catfish: The TV Show (MTV)

Review

Irene de Groot

01/11/2017

3 minutes to read

In Catfish: the TV show hosts Nev and Max help people who are head over heels about someone they met online. A review.

'Westworld' - The Contemporary Jurassic Park You Cannot Miss Watching (Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy)

Review

Kristiana Naydenova

14/05/2018

5 minutes to read

The new HBO series 'Westworld' is intelligent and full of mysteries for the patient viewer to uncover. Everyone interested in exploring the humand mind and behavior will love it.

On racism and how to read Hannah Arendt

Column

Ana Deumert

27/02/2020

8 minutes to read

In this column Ana Deumert looks at the work of Hannah Arendt. She asks how scholars can engage with her work, given the persistent presence of racist tropes in her writings.

VSCO girls: authentics, wannabes and ridiculers

Article

Emma Wieringa

06/05/2020

14 minutes to read

VSCO girls are a relatively new online phenomenon. Who are they, what do they look like, and who does this group consist of?

‘5G users be like’: (In)visibility as evidence in 5G conspiracy memes

Article

Mijke Akkermans

09/09/2020

15 minutes to read

For several years, conspiracy theorists have promoted the idea that 5G waves are harmful for one's health, now even relating this to the coronavirus. This paper explores how memes are used to define (in)visibility as evidence within this theory.

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.