The private life in a digital world

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.

Medical doctor holding banner with Covid-19 Restrictions text, Isolated over blue background

Infrapolitics and the Subversion of the Public Transcript by Dutch Covid-19 Measure Dissidents

Article

Marit van Dijck

31/05/2021

14 minutes to read

A minority of people disagrees entirely with the Covid-19 regulations. This article discusses how they can oppose the public transcript without being sanctioned for it by using infrapolitical practices.

Pocket-sized protection: how can personal safety apps affect surveillance in public spaces?

Article

Isabelle Cijsouw

01/02/2023

12 minutes to read

Many public spaces contain some form of surveillance. Personal safety apps are one of these forms and are designed to make people feel safer. But how can personal safety apps affect the meaning of surveillance in public spaces?

Disney Parks: COVID-19, surveillant landscapes in the Online-Offline Nexus

Article

Joël Eduard Nicholas Grassère

16/03/2021

11 minutes to read

Covid-19 requires regulation of behavior and Disney have implemented vert and covert surveillance to achieve proper conduct. However, their fans know better.

Pokémon Go as a Self-Tracking Application

Paper

Chi-chieh Huang

04/12/2020

24 minutes to read

By examining voices from Pokémon Go communities and developers, this article aims to formulate Pokémon Go as a gamified self-tracking application that could play a part in individuals' betterment of themselves.

Women and online privacy: Understanding the privacy paradox

Paper

Rebecca de Jongh

07/09/2020

9 minutes to read

Women find themselves at a crossroads where their online presence could lead to empowerment or to added scrutiny. What is the privacy paradox and what happens to women when they face it?

What is 'Live Facial Recognition' and how dangerous is it?

Article

Lea Goeron

22/05/2020

11 minutes to read

In a more and more digitalised world new technologies are on the rise. This article explores what live facial recognition is and what dangers and possible threats it introduces.

Dr. Ralf de Wolf on networked privacy and privacy management

Video

The Editors

11/06/2019

In this video Ralf de Wolf discusses the ways in which we need privacy in order to have a well functioning democracy, and the ways in which our privacy and our society are being threatened by a misuse of new technologies.

The Kardashian-Jenner Expository Empire

Article

Bibi Bonten

30/05/2019

15 minutes to read

Our values regarding privacy and dignity are changing in this online age, and exhibitionism is more alive than ever. The Kardashian family of influencers serves as an example to elaborate on these ongoing changes in our society.