This paper discusses the diverse range of meanings and interpretations that can be discovered in/ projected onto Sun Yuan & Peng Yu’s artwork Can’t Help Myself by providing the reader with various points of comparison.
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.
This paper explores the positive and negative effects of representation that we see in TV programs or movies and discusses Encanto and Emily in Paris as examples that do it right and wrong.
In this paper, the discourse that emerged as a result of Shawn Mendes saying 'it's giving Cher' in his Vogue Met Gala video will be analysed. A look will be taken into why this led to people thinking he must be queer.
Methodology may not be the most juicy stuff in academia, but it is crucial if we want to produce more than just opinions. In this article, Ico Maly stresses the importance of an empirical-interpretative methodology for social scientists.
(Trigger warning: ED and anoxeria). Eugenia Cooney is a YouTuber whose content is highly associated with anorexia and eating disorders. How do Foucault's concepts of power and the dangerous individual apply to a 21st-century social media figure?
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
09/05/2018
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.
Bringing together an entrepreneurial and media studies perspective, we offer several suggestions for Tilburg University to help improve the well-being and quality of life for its academic staff.
Facebook's new algorithm give users a better experience, but actually creating an even more restricted bubble. The 'public' in 'public intellectual' could better be changed to 'bubble'.
In 2005, Bobby Henderson announced the existence of an, until then, unknown phenomenon: the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Is it just satire, or a true religion?
The familiar and beloved Aladdin story is full of plot controversies. The fairytale narrative can bring irreversible harm to future generations. What makes the childhood favorite so dangerous for our society?
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.
This article analyses how Gym Bro identity features on Instagram to gain comprehension of what requirements need to be met in order to reach a sense of enoughness and become recognized as a full-fledged member of the Instagram gym bro community.
