Diggit Magazine

nevertrump, Lincoln project, republicans against trump

The new Jeremiahs: #NeverTrump and the rise of the Lincoln Project

Column

Robert Moore

24/06/2020

5 minutes to read

Over the past several weeks a new force has emerged in the 2020 US presidential election, one that has already reshaped the ecology of political communication in America—even as it has received relatively scant coverage in the US media, and almost none in Europe.

#(Re)tweetingforfuture: How Greta Thunberg leads the climate crisis conversation on Twitter

Article

Mijke Akkermans

02/11/2020

18 minutes to read

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has actively adopted Twitter in advocating for a liveable future. This paper investigates how Twitter's affordances enable her to join users in both her personal narrative and the global climate conversation.

The power of Bolsonaro’s message in his campaign

Article

Sofia Sidericoudes

09/03/2020

21 minutes to read

The way Bolsonaro’s message was constructed and communicated in the 2018 Brazilian elections triggered a hybrid mobilization power from his supporters that guaranteed his winning. Digital platforms were particularly instrumental to this.

How Madeleijn van den Nieuwenhuizen is changing Dutch media from within

Paper

Lola Vos

15/03/2021

12 minutes to read

Through digital vigilantis, media critic Madeleijn van den Nieuwenhuizen shares mistreatments in the Dutch media on her Instagram account "Zeikschrift." In this article, I analyse her Instagram account and the message it conveys.

Metapolitics 2.0

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Irish or English: the case of footballer Declan Rice

Article

Ot van de Rijzen

05/03/2021

12 minutes to read

An analysis of the discourse surrounding footballer Declan Rice's switch of national allegiance from the Republic of Ireland to England in 2019.

Lady Bird and the Celebration of Womanhood (Greta Gerwig)

Review

Lola Vos

28/10/2020

7 minutes to read

Greta Gerwig's 2017 film Lady Bird is a celebration of femininity and its strongest point is the message it sends. The film signifies an important breakthrough in male-dominated Hollywood.

Diggit profile: Kristof Verfaillie on security and surveillance

Interview

Jan Blommaert

11/03/2020

Criminologist Kristof Verfaillie discusses the totalizing and counterproductive aspects of contemporary, technologically shaped security and surveillance regimes.

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.

Autobiographical vlogs: Telling one's life story online

Article

Jelske van Es

28/09/2020

13 minutes to read

New technologies allow people to disclose private information in vlogs online. Since these vlogs tell someone's story, in what way can they be considered autobiographical? As a case study, we examine Queen of Jet Lags' social media presence.

Mongolian folk metal: Between global and local

Article

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

24/04/2020

10 minutes to read

Mongolian folk metal is the unique mixture of Mongolian throat singing with metal riffs. In this paper, I analyze how Mongolian folk metal represents both the global metal community and Mongolian folklore by examing the band The Hu.

r/AmItheAsshole: How redditors cooperate to become better people

Article

Simon Moser

17/06/2020

16 minutes to read

In a world full of conflict and assholes, a digitally-versed ensemble of frustrated moral philosophers offers to provide free yet sincere judgment on past or upcoming choices. This article presents how the subreddit r/AmItheAsshole operates.

The coronavirus, the attention economy and far-right junk news

Column

Ico Maly

24/03/2020

9 minutes to read

The coronavirus has devastating consequences for social life in all corners of the world. For some, this global pandemic is an opportunity to reach a wide audience, to make money or to further a political agenda.

Can ancestry tests become a threat to our privacy?

Article

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

13/09/2019

10 minutes to read

With the increasing popularity of ancestry tests, having our DNA used by big corporations might pose a threat to our privacy. This article analyzes the possible impact of such data-driven businesses on our lives.

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.

Revealing racist words in the superdiverse era

Paper

Anne Marte Gardenier

Ruth Mollema

02/06/2020

11 minutes to read

This article focuses on Dutch vocabulary changes that are brought on by inter-cultural contact as a result of globalization. The superdiverse population of the Netherlands is raising awareness for racist Dutch vocabulary.

#BodyPositive: Disrupting Normativity Online

Article

Victoria Mohr

Mehreen Sarfaraz

08/11/2018

11 minutes to read

#bodypositive has been used by more than 4 million users on Instagram. This paper uses a Foucauldian lens to explore how body positive Instagrammers counter normative discourses of the body in western societies.