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Pulse's main character Kudo Michi looks back at a human-shaped ash stain on the wall

Techno-horror and Hauntology: Pulse’s cry for help in a technologically dependent world

Paper

Paige Christianne Andres

08/04/2022

8 minutes to read

Pulse explores themes of the unknown and loneliness on the Internet. This article explores how this film uses techno-horror and its ghosts as a metaphor for our perception of and attitude towards technology, the Internet, and the unknown.

‘5G users be like’: (In)visibility as evidence in 5G conspiracy memes

Article

Mijke Akkermans

09/09/2020

15 minutes to read

For several years, conspiracy theorists have promoted the idea that 5G waves are harmful for one's health, now even relating this to the coronavirus. This paper explores how memes are used to define (in)visibility as evidence within this theory.

Calling out the homofobus

Article

Ania Borkusewicz

23/02/2021

14 minutes to read

This article explores both offline and online responses to the Homofobus protest van in Poland and how these responses interact.

VVD, Tiktok, political parties on tiktok, Rutte

VVD on TikTok: Genuine connection or political stunt?

Article

Idhuna Pastoor

04/05/2020

15 minutes to read

When the Dutch political party the VVD joined TikTok, reactions varied. Can the VVD effectively reach the youth on TikTok? Or are they missing the point and creating a ludicrous image for themselves?

Elon Musk

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Elena Ferrante’s Disappearing Act

Column

Inge van de Ven

07/09/2020

7 minutes to read

Good news for Elena Ferrante’s fans. The mysterious Italian bestseller author’s last and eighth novel, The Lying Life of Adults, is now available in book stores all over the world.

Bloody amazing, this menstrual activism

Column

Mijke Akkermans

17/09/2019

4 minutes to read

The necessity of the powerful practice of menstrual activism is deliniated in this column, which discusses its development and achievements, a personal opinion on its influence and its presence in the contemporary artistic sphere.

Disney Parks and soft globalization

Article

Joël Grassère

14/02/2020

14 minutes to read

Disney has spread its Parks all over the world but faces new challenges that can only be solved by adapting its product to local cultures. The article explores how local and global forces together with Disney's identity influence their products.

‘I am free. And I get to be me’: The impact of NikkieTutorials' coming out

Paper

Jitske Verhagen

01/07/2021

10 minutes to read

In this paper the impact of the coming-out video posted by Nikkie de Jager (NikkieTutorials) will be discussed, focussing on the impact of the video on Nikkie de Jager's success and popularity as an influencer.

Jacksepticeye disapprovingly pointing at the small subscriber gap between PewDiePie and T-Series

For legal reasons that's a joke: how memes bolstered YouTube's biggest subscription competition

Article

Paige Christianne Andres

03/05/2021

14 minutes to read

The PewDiePie vs. T-Series feud took the internet by storm from late 2018 to early 2019. Here is how PewDiePie utilised meme marketing to try and hit 100M subscribers before T-Series.

The MCU is the Marvel Cinematic Universe: a franchise and shared-universe in which 23 movies produced by Marvel Studios take place.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe: a realistic fictional world

Paper

Renske Jacobs

24/08/2022

11 minutes to read

In this paper, we explore how Marvel Studios creates a fictional universe that remains realistic in its own right. The main focus is on the reality effect, the paradox of fiction and consistency in the movies' characters.

The Dutch Railways' Language Policies

Article

Solange Coenegracht

30/11/2020

6 minutes to read

The use of English at the Dutch Railway Operator NS seems to be rather sporadic. The current article tries to find out what their language policy is regarding the use of English. The NS should opt for a more structured and well-defined policy.

Get Brexit Done: Why storytelling is so important for electoral success

Column

Philip Seargeant

20/12/2019

5 minutes to read

How the Conservatives’ winning communications strategy in the UK general election mixed new media techniques with traditional forms of persuasion.

Coronavirus memes: Laughing the apocalypse away

Article

Jana Nuiten

David Scholl

14/09/2020

10 minutes to read

As the coronavirus pandemic has taken hold, coronavirus memes have emerged. In memes, people find an outlet for being humorous and coping with the harsh circumstances they are living in at the moment.

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.

Eurovision as a platform for international politics

Article

Anouk Smeets

24/03/2020

15 minutes to read

This article examines how the Eurovision Song Contest can become a platform for contestants to make political statements through their performances and the curation of their identities.

Perspectives on the Pro-Life Movement in the US

Article

Kelly Burnet

Jitske Verhagen

Eva de Jonge

Iris Olde Hampsink

Maartje Verschuuren

04/03/2022

19 minutes to read

In this article, the pro-life movement in the United States will be discussed. Pro-life is anti-abortion and for (protecting) life. Pro-lifers see abortion as immoral as it kills the innocent life inside the womb.