Latest papers

Facebook and the Rohingya genocide deniers

Paper

Tunde Farago

16/10/2019

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?

De noordelijke renaissancekunst: een unieke schepping

Paper

Mariska van Schijndel

14/10/2019

18 minutes to read

De noordelijke renaissance wordt vaak gezien als een 'slaafse' navolging van de Italiaanse Renaissance. Dit 'digitale museum' verandert dat beeld door te laten zien dat de noordelijke Renaissance op zichzelf een unieke schepping is.

What is wrong with the Confucius Institute?

Paper

Linmin Zheng

09/10/2019

13 minutes to read

From the need to know about China to a crackdown on Confucius Institutes across the West. In this article, the relation between the Confucius institutes, China and power are analysed.

Framing 'Shirkers' as a first person documentary

Paper

Chen Li

20/09/2019

16 minutes to read

Shirkers (2018) is a documentary about athe mysterious personal experience of Sandi Tan, the filmmaker herself. Based on cognitive frame, this paper analyzes the textual, contextual, and real-world referential signals of 'Shirkers' (2018).

#womeninstreet as a vital extension of the female street photographer

Paper

Chiara Palsgraaf

06/09/2019

25 minutes to read

#womeninstreet celebrates female street photography. With women still being commodified and objectified in public spaces in society, the camera helps to turn the gaze around. Therefore, the female street photographer is seen as the flâneuse.

Are video games increasingly mirroring globalized society?

Paper

Jady van Leusden

19/08/2019

15 minutes to read

The controversies around today's video games have provoked discussions about political correctness connected to new diverse characters.

Jordan Peterson as a human filter bubble

Academic paper

Inge van de Ven

21/06/2019

18 minutes to read

The case of Jordan Peterson demonstrates that in today’s public spheres, the figure of the public intellectual is not necessarily free from ulterior motives in filtering information for the general public.

How ballroom culture is shaped by oppression

Paper

Tunde Farago

Jie Lin

Magdalena Rolle

14/06/2019

10 minutes to read

In this paper, the two-dimensional forms of differentiation as documented in Paris is Burning will be discussed, with the aim to analyse how this shapes the ballroom culture.

The algorithmic populism of Matteo Salvini

Paper

Serena Guerra

29/05/2019

13 minutes to read

This article analyses the communication and social media strategy of the Italian populist leader Matteo Salvini. How does he and his party use social media to create a community, spread anger and get consensus. Read this article to find out!

Cosplayers in the on- and offline world

Paper

Irene de Groot

27/05/2019

13 minutes to read

This article analyses cosplayer culture. It shedslight on who the cosplayer is, what they do, their norms and career in both an on- an offline environment.

The algorithmic public sphere and democracy

Paper

Aniek van den Brandt

25/05/2019

12 minutes to read

The public sphere has been controlled by humans for years, but in the last decade, there has been a shift from human gatekeepers to algorithmic ones. This essay describes the consequences this algorithmic culture has for the public sphere.

Phenomenon of Algorithms and Political Echo Chambers

The political effects of algorithms: a look at Facebook and Google

Paper

Mick Timmermans

22/05/2019

10 minutes to read

There is limited data available on algorithms leading to political echo chambers. This paper examines the use of Facebook and Google and the algorithmic system behind both platforms. What are the consequences?

Play and metapolitics in Angry Goy II

Paper

Shannon Verhoef

06/05/2019

13 minutes to read

This article examines how videogame Angry Goy 2 constructs its anti-Semitic and white supremacist messages, and if this videogame is ready to effectively enter and succeed in the metapolitical arena.