Populaire cultuur en celebrities

This course is part of the BA Online Culture: Art, Media and Society or the MA Online Culture at Tilburg University. Click on the link for more info on the courses and the programme.

In this international program Online Culture: Art, Media and Society (Culture Studies) the focus is on digital culture and (new) media. From disciplines such as cultural studies and media studies you study how digitalization and globalization influence our way of living. You discuss new ways of communication, art expressions as well as (social) media expressions like memes and trolls. You research how such ways of communication and expressions are established and how they manifest in, and have influence on a society that increasingly takes place online. Additionally, you actively contribute to digital culture by writing papers and opinion pieces for our own online platform Diggit Magazine.

The supposed authenticity of social media celebrities

Article
Aniek van den Brandt
24/10/2018
8 minutes to read

Social media celebrities are a phenomenon from the last decade. They seem to be authentic and just like you. Or rather, that's what they want you to believe.

The Absurdist Branding of Death Grips

Article
Michiel Hak
22/11/2023
7 minutes to read

This article will focus on Death Grips’ rise to cult status and how they used the internet as a paradigm for a rather artistic and unique business model.

Jack the Ripper: seriemoordenaar met een museum

Article
Aniek van den Brandt
05/03/2018
7 minutes to read

Seriemoordenaar Jack the Ripper heeft sinds 2015 een museum dat volledig is gewijd aan hem, zijn misdaden en zijn slachtoffers. Is dit de ultieme representatie van een seriemoordenaar als celebrity? 

 

Juf Anke van De Luizenmoeder in de klas

Waarom ik niet naar De Luizenmoeder kijk

Article
Sander Bax
28/01/2018
6 minutes to read

Televisierecensenten jubelen, kijkcijferrecords worden gebroken, en op sociale media wordt de serie steeds herkenbaar genoemd. Maar als die serie zo herkenbaar is, hoe kan het dan dat Sander Bax er alleen maar met afgrijzen naar kan kijken?