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Digital Messaging and algorithmic populism in Ron DeSantis' 2024 US election campaign

Article

Anna Jambor

15/03/2024

13 minutes to read

Ron DeSantis is an American politician and member of the Republican Party. He was among the candidates for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. This paper focuses on the politician's digital branding and algorithmic politics.

'Westworld' - The Contemporary Jurassic Park You Cannot Miss Watching (Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy)

Review

Kristiana Naydenova

09/05/2018

5 minutes to read

The new HBO series 'Westworld' is intelligent and full of mysteries for the patient viewer to uncover. Everyone interested in exploring the humand mind and behavior will love it.

Catfish: The TV Show (MTV)

Review

Irene de Groot

01/11/2017

3 minutes to read

In Catfish: the TV show hosts Nev and Max help people who are head over heels about someone they met online. A review.

Nosedive, a vicious take on social media (Joe Wright)

Review

Heleen Dijkhuizen

29/09/2017

3 minutes to read

Black Mirror's Nosedive shows us a vicious take on social media.

Anti-Chinese tech discourse

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Derry Girls: Fictional Perspective on Real History

Article

Anna Skorodihina

25/10/2023

12 minutes to read

This article looks at how the Northern Irish TV show Derry Girls portrays truthful and fictional narratives to create a realistic piece of media, represent the time frame of The Troubles and gain the attention of viewers.

“We Gon’ be Alright!” Kendrick Lamar: a medium to influence Social and Political Activism

Paper

Wessel Joosten

17/04/2023

19 minutes to read

This article engages with Kendrick Lamar’s career and how he interplants other voices in the black struggle to formulate a new one by analyzing a handful of songs on Kendrick Lamar’s studio albums.

Reproducing platform ideologies: Do what you like with Gary VEE

Working paper

Ico Maly

16/06/2023

Influencers have an important role in the digital attention economy. One of the facets of that role - namely how they reproduce media ideologies - deserves more attention. This case study looks at Gary Vee as an ideological actor.

QAnon and how they remain visible in the hybrid media system

Article

Sophie Mols

15/01/2022

11 minutes to read

QAnon keeps succeeding in spreading its messages despite the efforts of social media to censor them. This article explores how the tactics they use, real-world events, and the current media landscape influence this.

TikTok under the spotlight: an analysis of NBC News' approach and the potential instrumentalization of TikTok through an anti-Chinese ideology

Paper

Michela Bon

08/04/2024

32 minutes to read

Unveiling the dynamics on NBC News' YouTube channel, this article investigates whether its portrayal of TikTok is impartial or influenced by an anti-Chinese stance, contributing to the geopolitical narrative between China and the USA.

Vietnamese Water Puppetry as an example of intermediality through the integration of multiple art forms

Article

Quynh Nguyen

25/08/2023

15 minutes to read

In this article, Vietnamese water puppetry is explained and presented as an example of intermediality in 21st century folk art.

Everything you need to know about E-girls?

Article

Yoanna Manoilova

04/12/2020

15 minutes to read

How e-girls online behavior and the mockery towards them create the Internet girls image

Right-wing Gramscianism: the hegemonic project of Thierry Baudet

Article

Tinus Sioen

13/03/2021

12 minutes to read

Thierry Baudet often mentions the Italian communist Antonio Gramsci. Analysing these references, this article places Baudet in a right-wing gramscian movement in order to get a better understanding of his hegemonic project.