Diggit Magazine

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.

Race-based medication (book cover of "Racial Prescriptions" by Jonathan Xavier Inda)

BiDil and race-based medicine: perspectives and stakeholders

Paper

Judith Evens

22/03/2021

15 minutes to read

This paper disentangles the coming into being of the first race-based heart medication: BiDil

Does a Fitbit make you healthier and happier?

Paper

Iris Olde Hampsink

06/09/2021

11 minutes to read

This article analyzes the app Fitbit, its aim and its game design elements. What makes Fitbit both successful and unsuccessful. Additionally, the article discusses what role participatory surveillance plays on the app.

A Women's March protester holds up a MeToo sign

Will the #MeTooVoters make a difference in the 2020 elections?

Article

Maartje van Wagenberg

09/03/2020

11 minutes to read

The founders of the #MeToo movement have recently launched a new hashtag: #MeTooVoter. What is the purpose of this hashtag and what are the chances of success for the #MeTooVoter movement in the 2020 elections?

Digital Vigilantism

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Straight TikTok versus Alt TikTok: the creation of deviance from within

Article

Iris Olde Hampsink

28/05/2021

17 minutes to read

This article examines the social construction of "deviance" and in-group/out-group identities on Straight TikTok and Alt Tiktok.

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.

Facebook and the Rohingya genocide deniers

Paper

Tunde Farago

21/10/2019

17 minutes to read

How do the Rohingya genocide deniers use Facebook to spread their narratives and what kind of arguments do they use to support their claims?

The controversial 'I no longer participate' hashtag

Article

Simone Sprangers

25/03/2021

15 minutes to read

A group of Dutch celebrities started a 'I no longer participate' hashtag on Instagram. This is a protest action against the government's management of the coronacrisis. What can this tell us about digitalization influences of news media?

Autocorrect: the ultimate influencer

Paper

Kirsten Verbeek

Tessa Willemsen

24/09/2020

12 minutes to read

Autocorrect should be seen as a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it is perceived as empowering since it positively influences users' productivity. On the other, it decreases students' motivation to learn grammar.

Let’s talk about big tech (no, not you)

Column

Linnet Taylor

25/02/2020

4 minutes to read

In her first Diggit column, Linnet Taylor (Tilburg University) makes the case that big tech has a consent problem and that researchers should address the lumpy, inconvenient, political reality of big tech.

Why is Japan the ideal country according to the Alt-Right movement

Article

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

28/05/2018

5 minutes to read

The Alt-Right is keen on Japan. In a country where approximately 98% is native Japanese, it has become the example of what a country should be like.

Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response and the Rise of the ASMR community

Article

Mariosé Bergsteijn

21/01/2019

12 minutes to read

The ASMR community is rising from being outsiders to the mainstream. How and why is this happening now?

Mark Zuckerberg and Digital Health Platform 1DOC3

How Digital Health Platform 1DOC3 exploits the Global South

Column

Juan Eduardo Bonnin

03/10/2019

5 minutes to read

1DOC3, a recently created Colombian digital health platform, claims to be the future of medicine. With a public discourse of universal access, its business model profits from global inequality.

Mom-shamers vs. celebrities on Instagram

Article

Sanne Graumans

02/06/2020

7 minutes to read

Mom shamers have been around since forever and, sadly, social media has only helped to amplify their voices. When it comes to being especially vitriolic, they take aim at Hollywood moms. This article examines how this unfolds on Instagram.

The responsibility gap: Using robotic assistance to make colonoscopy kinder

Article

Savina Karneva

19/04/2021

4 minutes to read

Nowadays, technology and medicine go hand in hand. New technologies like robotic assistance can provide better, if not new, treatments for patients. However, these technologies are not always beneficial.

Bolsonaro, covid, covarde, coronavirus, corona, corona crisis, populism

When myths collide: Bolsonaro’s reaction to the coronavirus crisis

Article

Ulisses Sawczuk da Silva

30/04/2020

16 minutes to read

The article discusses processes of mythification employed to support Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's controversial reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mainstream and "new" media work together in the construction of myths with political ends.