Diggit Magazine

The Anti-China Discourse of Raimondo, and why US Technological Dominance is in Jeopardy

Paper
Zhiqing Yin
26 minutes to read
09/09/2024

This paper uses Critical Discourse Analysis to gain a more profound understanding of US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo's anti-China technological stance, and to demonstrate how how the Chinese netizens subsequently expressed their nationalism.

This paper uses Critical Discourse Analysis to gain a more profound understanding of US Secretary of Commerce, Gina Raimondo's anti-China technological stance, and to demonstrate how how the Chinese netizens subsequently expressed their nationalism.

TPCS 3: Truly Moving Texts

Working paper
Sjaak Kroon
06/09/2024

As the world is continuously globalizing, we can no longer analyze language as a local, resident and stable complex of signs attached to an equally local, resident and stable community of speakers. This paper engages with an issue which is at the core of this paradigmatic shift: the question of meaning-making in a system which we see as intrinsically unstable and dynamic. 

Where is the Eco-anxiety in Children’s Literature?

Academic paper
Suzanne van der Beek
26/08/2024
26 minutes to read

This article proposes that Bould’s concept of the “Anthropocene unconscious” helps us to recognize the latent eco-anxiety in two popular works of fiction for young readers: Rowling's Harry Potter series and Schaap's Lampje. 

Reproducing platform ideologies: Do what you like with Gary VEE

Working paper
Ico Maly
16/06/2023

Influencers have an important role in the digital attention economy. One of the facets of that role - namely how they reproduce media ideologies - deserves more attention. This case study looks at Gary Vee as an ideological actor. 

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The Fear Factor: How Modern Media Capitalize on Our Primal Instinct

Paper
Marijn van Engelen
24/06/2024
19 minutes to read

What is the attention economy, and how does it relate to fear? This paper illustrates from an evolutionary psychological perspective how media can cater to our primal fears to capture and profit from our attention.

Portrait Anne Frank

Anne Frank - myth or author?

Paper
Kirsten Verbeek
10/05/2024
16 minutes to read

In this article, we analyze whether the American image of Anne Frank connects to her self-posture in her life narrative 'Het Achterhuis'. Since there is little connection between the two, we conclude that the American image has become a myth.

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Platform Affordances and Foreign Policy

Paper
Nikki Bergmans
17/04/2024
13 minutes to read

This article compares and contrasts Twitter and Facebook discourse, looks at how social media influences foreign policy conversations and considers the influence of platform affordances.
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