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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.

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.

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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.

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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).

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.

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.

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.

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White terrorism, white genocide and metapolitics2.0

Column

Ico Maly

23/05/2019

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).

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.

Racism and online interracial dating communities in the 21st century

Paper

Mariska van Schijndel

01/11/2018

24 minutes to read

The emergence of the internet has provided us with all kinds of dating communities on websites and social media. This paper discusses how online interracial dating communities function in the 21st century.

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?

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Forgive me father, for I hate women: anti-feminism and misogyny in the manosphere

Paper

Inge Beekmans

Anne-Marie Sweep

Linmin Zheng

zhifang Yu

01/11/2018

19 minutes to read

Academics describe the manosphere as “a particularly toxic brand of anti-feminism”. It is a place where promoting rape is acceptable, but saying you hate women is not. This essay examines linguistic structures within the manosphere .

Plastic surgery and the quest for the perfect selfie in South Korea

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

26/11/2018

15 minutes to read

Plastic surgeries changed the world. In this article, we are going to talk about the measures taken to make an ordinary picture on your Instagram account “on point” and what some are willing to do in order to score those 10.000+ likes.

Google Translate: the end of language barriers?

Article

Juliette Berndsen

31/03/2019

12 minutes to read

Google Translate is a contributor to and a consequence of globalization. How can that be seen in the way Google Translate functions and in tourism?