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Babylon is Burning: trolls and trolling with Chrissy Cook

Video

The Editors

21/03/2019

In the second episode of Babylon's Burning, we talk with Chrissy Cook (Tilburg University) on her research on trolls and trolling. Chrissy has spent the last four years of her life dedicated to studying this phenomenon.

Hydrate or diedrate: The Studyblr community on Tumblr

Article

Iris Dumoulin

20/03/2019

14 minutes to read

Pretty notes, reminders to drink water and motivational quotes are all part of the Studyblr community. With their dedication to studying, they inspire people all over the world to be productive. What is the story of these "perfect" students?

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.

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Everything you never wanted to know about trolling

Article

Christine Cook

20/03/2019

9 minutes to read

Do you know what to do when you are trolled? Troll-research Chrissy Cook explains the phenomenon and gives you concrete guidelines!

Thierry Baudet and Forum voor Democratie

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Carnival: just another party?

Paper

Ruben Bastiaanse

04/03/2019

13 minutes to read

The future of carnival: is the traditional character and historical function of carnival at peril?

The return of the Culture Wars

Column

Ana Deumert

28/02/2019

7 minutes to read

In this column Ana Deumert reflects on the return of the cultures wars at universities and in popular culture. She suggests that the culture wars were not just a phenomenon of the 1980s and 1990s, but that they are continuing.

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.

Breivik on Feminism and Islamization

Article

Audry Bron

Lu Dai

Serena Guerra

Lucy Huschle

26/02/2019

10 minutes to read

Breivik’s thoughts on feminism still have a great impact on the masculinists’ scene today, but Breivik was not the starting point of the chain of anti-feminist views. He also collected his knowledge within an online community.

The Biases we feed to Tinder algorithms

Article

Magdalena Rolle

25/02/2019

13 minutes to read

This article reflects on how the biases of Tinder algorithms hold up a mirror to our society by analyzing the human impact on their technological workings.

Cordel Literature: the ever-changing Brazilian cultural heritage

Article

Gabriela de la Vega

22/02/2019

15 minutes to read

Brazilian cordel literature is picked up by a new generation and via new media. Still, many new artists, including female cordelisteas, are not recognized. Who owns cordel literature today? And should it be registered as cultural heritage?

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

Video

The Editors

21/03/2019

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

#10yearchallenge conspiracy goes viral

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

20/02/2019

5 minutes to read

#10yearchallenge has conquered our timelines, but also face recognition algorithms and targeted advertising.

Fan communication on Weibo

Column

Mingyi Hou

19/02/2019

9 minutes to read

Nowadays, fans speak in a ritualistic and phatic manner on Weibo. They interpret Weibo’s popularity metrics and algorithms and use them for strategic communicative practices, aiming at boosting positive publicity and high media visibility for idols.

The New Right, Paul Joseph Watson and YouTube

Article

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

18/02/2019

10 minutes to read

This article deals with Paul Joseph Watson's YouTube career. As the Global New Right has quickly spread their content over the Internet, a new scene of New Right YouTubers has appeared.

Globalization and the emergence of Chinglish and Greeklish

Paper

Xiao Lu

Stella Veranoudi

Jie Lin

Chi Nguyen

15/02/2019

9 minutes to read

Chinglish and Greeklish are taken over. This paper argues that in times cultural globalization, English becomes localized and gradually integrated into local communities due to the development of information technology.

Russian Doll: Television in Digital Culture

Column

Suzanne van der Beek

14/02/2019

5 minutes to read

With Russian Doll, Netflix brings us a new innovative TV show that plays with video game storytelling, social media humor, and the bending of gendered stereotypes.