Diggit Magazine

Greta Thunberg and the #climatestrike are shaping the climate debate

Column

Piia Varis

07/02/2019

7 minutes to read

Through their online and offline activities, Greta Thunberg and the #climatestrike youth are successful in steering the discussion around climate change away from mere individualised solutions towards questions of systemic injustice.

Hashtag activism in the online-offline continuum

Hashtag tactics: Algorithmic activism in Chile

Column

Juan Eduardo Bonnin

09/03/2020

7 minutes to read

Algorithmic activism requires handcrafted tactics to reinforce the online-offline continuum of political actions. We can see it at work in the first week of protests in Chile.

The bilingual Google Assistant: breakthrough or cause of inequality?

Article

Sammy Kossen

Kelsey van Tellingen

Lida Nout

Bo van Soest

04/02/2019

9 minutes to read

Due to globalization, families are likely to speak multiple languages within one household. That is why Google made its voice assistant bilingual. Is this a breakthrough in the super-diverse world or just another cause of inequality?

How did catfishing come into our society?

Article

Anna Meerts

05/12/2018

10 minutes to read

This article deals with one of the downsides of digitalization called catfishing. Do you know what online phenomenon 'Catfishing' is? This article provides the answer.

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The bilingual Google Assistant: breakthrough or cause of inequality?

Article

Sammy Kossen

Kelsey van Tellingen

Lida Nout

Bo van Soest

04/02/2019

9 minutes to read

Due to globalization, families are likely to speak multiple languages within one household. That is why Google made its voice assistant bilingual. Is this a breakthrough in the super-diverse world or just another cause of inequality?

The truth behind Anonymous for the Voiceless

Article

Seline Westerhof

13/09/2019

12 minutes to read

Anonymous for the Voiceless seems to know how to rapidly spread their message around the world, and get many people to listen to their activism. But how do they do that?

This Brazilian newspaper decided to stop posting on Facebook

Column

Gabriela de la Vega

01/11/2018

4 minutes to read

Folha de Sao Paulo decides to stop posting on Facebook after the guideline change in order to stop the proliferation of fake news, but is this decision really what is best for the country's fragile democratic situation?

The SpaceX mission and why it worries me

Column

Jan Blommaert

03/06/2020

4 minutes to read

Elon Musk's SpaceX operates in a field of power previously reserved for state institutions under public control. Is this a good or a bad thing?

How to become an e-girl on TikTok

Article

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Karen Severijnen

27/07/2020

9 minutes to read

This article examines TikTok "e-girls" as an online phenomenon. We examine what kind of posts e-girls make on the medium constructing their identity, and how this identity can be assumed by users who do not identify as part of the e-girl community.

How Tinder Changed Dating: To Swipe or not to Swipe?

Article

Imke Spapens

12/06/2019

11 minutes to read

An exploration of how Tinder works and how it has changed the (online) dating landscape

The monolingual bias in studies on populism

Column

Juan Eduardo Bonnin

06/02/2020

4 minutes to read

Scholarly articles written in English about populism often forget linguistic and discursive diversity. Drawing from a monolingual tradition, they tend to overlook linguistic and discursive diversity in the political processes they study.

Taylor Swift as an Alt-Right icon appropriation

Why is Taylor Swift associated with the Alt-Right movement?

Article

Jady van Leusden

28/10/2019

18 minutes to read

Taylor Swift is the embodiment of the perfect Nazi woman. At least, according to some members of the alt-right movement. But why? This is an article on the images behind the pop-icon and the Alt-Right movement that finds a connection.

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Nigel Farage's British Identity

Article

I. Duque Femenía

04/12/2018

13 minutes to read

What do bell bottoms and nationalism have in common? The are both outdated…and apparently back in style. Nigel Farage uses British Identity in ways reminiscent of past decades, from introspective foreign policy to who counts as a national. Groovy?

Durbuy, the smallest city in the world, as amusement parc

Paper

Sarah-Maria Geradin

27/03/2020

20 minutes to read

Durbuy, the smallest city in the world, will soon be bigger than Disneyland due to the project developed by Marc Coucke, a Belgian billionaire. Promised to be respectful of the area, will this project truly be sustainable?

What We Talk About When We Talk About Guns

Article

Victoria Mohr

01/11/2018

12 minutes to read

This article examines how light communities on Twitter respond to mass shootings and gun violence, and how these responses entrench narratives and communities.

E-waste and the infrastructures of digitalization

Article

Nikolas giampaolo

05/10/2018

14 minutes to read

The precipitous evolution of electronic technology, along with the rapid product outmodedness, has escalated the proportion of the e-waste problem The annual e-waste production amounted to an estimate of 30-50 tons.