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Lifting: a weapon against capitalism or boredom?

Article

Lea Goeron

27/02/2019

11 minutes to read

The lifting community on Tumblr keeps growing and growing. Calling themselves lifters, they take over a controversial niche on the quirky and queer website. They're bragging about stolen goods online, gain followers, likes and reshares.

No Man is an Island: Locating Breivik in Islamophobic Discourse Online

Article

Victoria Mohr

Sammy Kossen

Ellis Quaedvlieg

Kelsey van Tellingen

30/10/2018

10 minutes to read

The 2011 shootings on Utoya, Norway were a shock for Europe. The shooter, Anders Breivik, stated he was acting alone and was declared a ‘lone wolf’. Breivik claimed he was acting alone, but is it really possible to act alone in a digital age?

ASMRtists and the online ASMR -communities

Article

Hanna ten Harmsen van der Beek

01/04/2019

11 minutes to read

In this article, the behavior and norms within the micro-population of ASMR lovers will be analyzed. What do you need to know and what way do you need to act to become one of them?

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.

Babylon's Burning

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Finstagram: A chance to show the real 'you' on Istagram?

Paper

Emily van der Veen

04/09/2018

9 minutes to read

Finstagrams are a new social media phenomenon. This essay discusses why people are creating Finstagrams and argues why this is not necessarily a more true representation of yourself.

Why do students partake in bilingual education?

Paper

Michael Vu

23/01/2019

13 minutes to read

While bilingual education in the Netherlands has been a self-declared success story, this article examines why both students and teachers want to be in it.

The (in)visible Poetry Museum in Amsterdam

Paper

Chiara Palsgraaf

26/04/2019

17 minutes to read

The Poetry Museum raises consciousness on the role of AR, art and the museum in the public sphere. It shows that online media has the ability to influence the public sphere but is inevitably linked to the offline culture to establish changes.

"Breakdance": Breaking global cultural boundaries through dance

Paper

Christopher Sling

29/04/2019

12 minutes to read

Few people are aware of the ongoing global presence of Breakdance. Read this article to know why and how the underground art form spread worldwide.

Body culture, identity risks and NEDA week

Article

Meauraine van Gorp

eva veeneman

05/03/2018

4 minutes to read

What if what you see in the mirror is not how you want others to see you? Find it out in this article on body culture, identity risks and NEDA week.

Tumblr's ban of pornographic content

Article

Federica Morgandi

08/04/2019

11 minutes to read

Why does Tumblr have a new policy to ban all adult content? The general response of users is not positive, and this article will explore the reasons behind the decision, as well as the issue of content moderation that many platforms are facing

What’s in a word: Neoliberalism or capitalism?

Column

Christian Chun

20/03/2019

5 minutes to read

Is there a difference between capitalism and neoliberalism? And what are the affordances of employing one term over another? Does this matter? According to Christian Chun (University of Massachusetts Boston) it does matter.

Not 'Cut' Out for Society: Norms, uncertainties and body culture on YouTube

Article

Alex Sinke

Bibi Bonten

Niels van der Ven

Pablo Ángel Mustienes Rando

01/10/2018

12 minutes to read

This article uses Foucault's notion of 'care of the self' to analyses the videos of the YouTube channel named ''cut''. Is this theory still relevant in an era of digitalisation?

How Tinder Changed Dating: To Swipe or not to Swipe?

Article

Imke Spapens

12/06/2019

11 minutes to read

An exploration of how Tinder works and how it has changed the (online) dating landscape

Backpack app, apps, millenials, travel, couch surfer

Millennials and their ‘backpack full of apps’

Article

Lea Goeron

07/05/2019

10 minutes to read

Millennials are a diverse group of independent individuals, who travel more and in all sorts of ways. Although they do not have the same purchasing power as previous generations, they are willing to spend for an 'authentic' travel adventure.

Marcuse's grave, cultural marxism, hoax, conspiracy theory new right

Why has Cultural Marxism become the enemy?

Column

Jan Blommaert

17/03/2019

13 minutes to read

Cultural Marxism is blamed for "globalism" and its discontents. Perhaps exploring globalization can be an alternative for this deeply flawed conspiracy theory.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Guns

Article

Victoria Mohr

01/11/2018

12 minutes to read

This article examines how light communities on Twitter respond to mass shootings and gun violence, and how these responses entrench narratives and communities.