Events

Democracy and the 'Shit You Should Care About'

Article
Iris Dumoulin
07/01/2022
11 minutes to read

In the ever-changing media landscape, the distribution of news is now also taking place online. Instagram accounts like 'Shit You Should Care About' are now participating in this distribution. What does this online presence mean for democracy?

Chinese restaurant storefront

How Semiotic Signs Can Be Both Helpful and Misleading

Article
Jenny de Kleijn
23/06/2023
10 minutes to read

This article presents a linguistic landscape analysis of two stores in the Netherlands to see if semiotic signs always reach the goal they were originally intended for.

CoronaCheck app in the Netherlands

How the QR code became a meaning-making practice during COVID-19

Article
Tinka Krikke
02/05/2022
11 minutes to read

In this article, we analyze the corona QR code as a meaning-making practice and discuss its effects on society. The QR code was implemented to reduce the spread of COVID, but it's digital nature and meaning had an impact on society's resilience.

Wealthy woman's total linguistic facts

Article
Tom Van Hout
12/09/2023
8 minutes to read

To understand how cultural ideas are evoked, we must analyze the total linguistic fact: how the interplay of language structure, use and ideology shapes social life. 

Influencers have an important role in the digital attention economy. One of the facets of that role - namely how they reproduce media ideologies - deserves more attention. This case study looks at Gary Vee as an ideological actor. 

How little clay men all over the world resist the Ukraine war

Article
Anna Francuzova
28/08/2023
9 minutes to read

This article explores participatory art as political resistance, blurring art and activism, fostering solidarity, and shaping global protests in "The Little Picketers of Russia" project during the Ukraine war. 

A truthful conversation with ChatGPT

Paper
Noortje Bisschop
20/09/2023
17 minutes to read

This article examines AI's position in the debate between a universal type of truth and a post-truth narrative by means of an interview with ChatGPT. 

Getting through Amazon's The Rings of Power for the memes

Article
Inge Beekmans
18/09/2022
21 minutes to read

Various media have highlighted the racism that imbues the angry reactions of Lord of the Rings fans to The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. An analysis of the memes that were created in response to the series.

Bolsonaro holding a cell phone with his right hand in front of his face

The hate machine: how Bolsonaro makes use of algorithmic knowledge

Article
Larissa Andrade Pereira
11/01/2022
15 minutes to read

This paper aims to illustrate how Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro - and his communication strategists also known as the “hate cabinet” - make use of algorithmic knowledge in order to circulate his message and ideology in the hybrid media system.