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.

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Dating apps as part of our culture

Article

Manon Bijl

29/10/2019

12 minutes to read

Dating apps enable people to do things they have never done before. It are truly global products, but they only work because they are embedded in local (sub)cultural practices.

How did catfishing come into our society?

Article

Anna Meerts

05/12/2018

10 minutes to read

This article deals with one of the downsides of digitalization called catfishing. Do you know what online phenomenon 'Catfishing' is? This article provides the answer.

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

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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.

Emma Watson on Framing

Column

Jan Blommaert

21/05/2019

6 minutes to read

Emma Watson's Instagram reaction to the Alabama abortion bill accurately exposes the work of framing in public debates, and shows an educational use of social media.

Why biometric data is not safe anymore

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

09/01/2019

7 minutes to read

Biometric data plays a huge role in our everyday lives. We use it to unlock our phones, for bank payments, memberships and travelling. But do we ever think about risks connected to our biometric privacy?

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The end of Academia.edu: how business takes over, again

Column

Ico Maly

22/02/2018

3 minutes to read

Academia.edu used to be a refreshing and very useful platform for academics and students all over the world. That has ended with academia.edu introducing the ‘paid search’, says Ico Maly (Tilburg University).

The Crown: historically accurate or pure fiction?

Article

Tara van Dijk

11/11/2020

15 minutes to read

The Crown has become one of the most popular shows on Netflix and it has been praised for its accuracy. The show balances between historical accuracy and fictional elements. This article analyzes the balance the show strikes as a docudrama.

The whitewashing of the 'art hoe' movement

Article

Marieke Weeda

13/01/2020

10 minutes to read

This article explores how the art hoe movement, meant as a space of creative expression for PoC (People of Colour) artists, got whitewashed into a mere aesthetic disconnected from its origins.

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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.

Taylor Swift and the story of the Swifties fandom

Article

Amber van As

Jady van Leusden

Sam van Alebeek

Niels van der Ven

01/11/2018

15 minutes to read

The fans of pop icon Taylor Swift call themselves the Swifties. This article will provide an introduction to this social group and its functioning.

Netflix versus Culture: Language Policy in the Netherlands

Article

Meauraine van Gorp

18/01/2019

8 minutes to read

This article shows how the Dutch government, because of globalization and the rise of online streaming services such as Netflix, has to reconsider its language policy. In this process, many ideological stands are taken.

"Dems Fraud": Far Right and Data Voids on DuckDuckGo.com

Article

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

30/11/2020

11 minutes to read

This article deals with the 'dems fraud' data void on DuckDuckGo. While striving to overcome filter bubbles, DuckDuckGo has been overtaken by the New Right's optimized information ecosystem that only spreads their views.

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?