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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.

Importance of social media in the globalized internet age

Trump, social media and the first Twitter-based Presidency

Article

Jordan Hollinger

07/05/2018

12 minutes to read

Trump's social media presence is the most salient factor behind his success in the recent presidential election. Trump's usage of internet and social media to connect with his supporters is much more successful than traditional forms of media.

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Dating apps as part of our culture

Article

Manon Bijl

01/11/2018

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.

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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).

Breivik, his sources and his legacy

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White terrorism, white genocide and metapolitics2.0

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Ico Maly

19/03/2019

7 minutes to read

The terrorist attack in New Zealand has an offline and an online dimension and it is crucial that we take this online/offline nexus on board when analyzing contemporary white terrorism. says Ico Maly (Tilburg University).

YouTube's demonetization situation and the adpocalypse

Article

Alex Sinke

26/09/2018

12 minutes to read

YouTube, the most famous and global video sharing platform, is home to an overwhelming amount of content creators. However, the monetization scheme and the adpocalypse that followed have changed things for the worse.

Representation of the Zef Culture by Die Antwoord

Paper

Lisa Wijvekate

13/07/2017

16 minutes to read

Die Antwoord is a South African hip hop group that represents the South African Zef culture. This paper analyses the way the song 'Fatty Boom Boom' uses symbols and icons to represent Zef culture.

Soccer: A Society’s Reflection of Gender Equality

Article

Sammy Kossen

06/06/2018

13 minutes to read

The news of the Norwegian pay deal rapidly traveled to every corner of the globe, but is it reasonable to assume that the Norwegian pay deal affects the financial conditions of the Dutch women’s national soccer team as well?

How Momo shows us that anyone can dig in our data

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

28/02/2019

4 minutes to read

Momo has been said to be a curse, a hacker and even a maniac. What is it and does it know everything about us?

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Babylon is Burning: Jan Blommaert on globalism, globalization and cultural marxism

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The Editors

21/02/2019

Trump, Bolsonaro and others reject "globalism". Along with "cultural marxism", this term has become widespread in meme wars too. But what does it mean?

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.

Anders Behring Breivik and the Knights Templar.

Paper

Lida Nout

Irenea Penić

Nine Seelen

20/11/2018

9 minutes to read

Anders Behring Breivik was seen as a 'lone wolf', but also self-identified as a member of an ancient Christian martial order, the Knights Templar. How did he use this precursor in developing his worldview?

Cyberbullying: a 21st-Century Phenomenon

Article

Reisha FG Grigoria

01/11/2018

13 minutes to read

The internet is everywhere and sadly that also means that bullies have more opportunities than ever to get to their victims. An analysis of two of such cases in relation to the copycat effect.

Taylor Swift as an Alt-Right icon appropriation

Why is Taylor Swift associated with the Alt-Right movement?

Article

Jady van Leusden

01/11/2018

18 minutes to read

Taylor Swift is the embodiment of the perfect Nazi woman. At least, according to some members of the alt-right movement. But why? This is an article on the images behind the pop-icon and the Alt-Right movement. And finds a connection.

The Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong

Paper

Ho Chuen Ng

15/03/2017

23 minutes to read

This paper uses the Umbrella Movement as a case study to illustrate how the digital world can empower people in social movements.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: The next level of political digital culture

Column

Jan Blommaert

22/01/2019

7 minutes to read

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez has in no time risen from an outsider to absolute global political stardom, and she has done so by taking social media campaigning to another level.