Diggit Magazine

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?

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.

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.

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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Jan Blommaert on life

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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.

Jan Blommaert in Bloomsbury: recollections of Jan’s years in London in the mid-noughties

Article

Philip Seargeant

05/01/2021

5 minutes to read

Philip Seargeant is reflecting on Jan Blommaert's impact on his work and life.

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.

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Jan Blommaert, the trail blazer

Article

Anna De Fina

07/01/2021

7 minutes to read

Anna De Fina met Jan Blommaert in the early 2000’s during a workshop on Narrative and Identity. That workshop was one of the pivotal experiences of her academic career and, to a certain extent of her life.

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.

Tribute to Jan Blommaert as public intellectual

Article

Ico Maly

08/01/2021

13 minutes to read

In honor of the remarkable life and impact of Jan Blommaert

"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.

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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.

Amplifying the far-right: Reassessing the case of Pepe the Frog

Article

Annick Walravens

14/12/2020

12 minutes to read

Pepe the Frog started as an innocent meme that became associated with the alt-right. In this article, I discuss how this happened through the hybrid media system.

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Farewell, Jan Blommaert

Article

Tom Van Hout

12/01/2021

2 minutes to read

Tom Van Hout says farewell to Jan Blommaert. He praises not only the academic, but also the man who normalized vulnerability

#NeverAgain MSD: from outrage to movement for gun control

Article

Mehreen Sarfaraz

01/07/2019

13 minutes to read

#NeverAgain MSD and the March for Our Lives through the lens of algorithmic activism

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.