Diggit Magazine

Discourse Analysis and Digital Media

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MeWe: Mark Weinstein’s technological utopia

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Nikki Bergmans
12/06/2023
15 minutes to read

This article unravels how Mark Weinstein questions the surveillance capitalist hegemony of Silicon Valley and discursively constructs a technological utopia by translating his beliefs into social media platform MeWe.

Truth Social in the Apple App Store on an iPhone
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The truth on Truth Social

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Hannah Meijaard
13/02/2023
16 minutes to read

A discourse analysis on the platform "Truth Social", created by former US president Donald J. Trump.

Nebula: A (partially) creator-owner streaming service
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Nebula: What does creator-owned mean?

Article
j.e.n.grassere@uvt.nl Grassère
11/10/2023
21 minutes to read

Nebula is a streaming site that combines capitalist and socialist ideas. Worker exploitation and commodified individualism are addressed on the site, through infrastructures. Meanwhile, they also provide a platform for leftist discourses 

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Ideology and Technology

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 In this new Diggit file, we bring together discourse analytical research on the ideological impact of the tech industry. 

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Elon Musk and his Musketeers' discourse on Twitter

Paper
Juliette Berndsen
17/01/2022
17 minutes to read

Elon Musk and his fans converse easily in memes and jokes on Twitter. While this discourse is slightly bewildering to outsiders, the power Musk holds over his fans can have a serious impact on real-world events such as cryptocurrencies.