This article analyses how YouTuber Michelle Choi "writes" her digital autobiography online by looking at how she communicates with her audience and her online identity. Through her videos, Choi authorises shared memories with her viewers.
This article analyses how YouTuber Michelle Choi "writes" her digital autobiography online by looking at how she communicates with her audience and her online identity. Through her videos, Choi authorises shared memories with her viewers.
"Barca Nostra" by Büchel is the display of a ship that sank between Libya and the Italian island Lampedusa in 2015. In its sinkage, many migrants died. Does its confronting, decontextualised display incite meaningful discussions as intended?
The interactive Dismaland art project by Banksy that parodied the theme park experience was a critical success. But, can it also be considered as an example of an antagonistic, participatory artwork?
Kessel's antagonistic, participatory 'Destroy My Face' installation invited users of skate hall Pier 18 to destroy AI-generated portraits of people with plastic surgery. This resulted in a different kind of participation than intended.
This paper will analyse how the TV-Show ‘Squid Game’ criticizes labour and capitalism in South Korea while also taking historic events into consideration to show that this issue is not just a recent one but one that has been going on for a while.
Parasite and Squid Game are examples of cinematic dystopian narratives which teach about classism and capitalism from the viewpoint of the directors and criticise the concepts while being highly entertaining.
This paper will discuss the meaning of soft power with a focus on South Korea and its ways of using said soft power and which influence this has on a local but also global level.
Grave of the Fireflies is a Japanese anime drama movie published in 1988 through Studio Ghibli and discusses the story of fourteen-year-old Seita and four-year-old Setsuko, who are trying to survive in Japan in 1945 during the second world war
In this blog post a focus will be made on the predominantly videogame streaming platform, Twitch and will explore the concepts of empowering exhibitionism
This paper will talk about the rise of video game culture and videoludification in connection to gamification, social practices and community formation through Twitch Streamers and in specific, the game Among Us.
This is an article that I wrote at the beginning of 2020. Given recent debates on controversy on YouTube and the effect that has on smaller content creators, this seemed a good time to post it. Read more to discover the history of this issue.
In line with Luckmann's theory on the individualisation of religion, TikTok provides a ‘market of ultimate significance’ which gives its users a highly individualistic way of consuming spiritual content.
Op woensdag 15 december 2021 presenteerden de formerende partijleiders na een historisch lange formatieperiode hun coalitieakkoord. Wat zegt het document over digitale media?
Spotify Wrapped is fun. But what if there’s more to it than just fun? What if the Spotify Wrapped tradition tells us something about contemporary online culture, about the influence of tech companies, and - ultimately - about ourselves?
