Diggit Magazine

Gamification Has Turned Connecting With Others Into a Game – How Helpful Is It Really?

Paper

Iris Olde Hampsink

19/10/2022

13 minutes to read

This article discusses Tinder's game design elements, its variable rewards, and the power relations between Tinder and its users that permeate the app.

Eroda: where visual art, storytelling and marketing become one

Paper

Kelly Burnet

23/05/2022

13 minutes to read

In this paper, the Eroda project is discussed which functions as a marketing campaign and an art project. The connected music video, directed by Dave Meyers, stands out for its captivating plot, English aesthetic and unusual characters.

East Side Gallery - globalized monument in one of Europe's capitals

Article

Gabriel Kuczyński

21/06/2023

12 minutes to read

East Side Gallery is one of the most famous landmarks in Berlin. For decades it has hosted a flow of ideas and critiques about Europe's troubled past. This essay explores its significance through the lens of globalization.

Barbenheimer: Affirming Stereotypes In Meme Culture

Article

Wessel Joosten

12/04/2024

11 minutes to read

In 2023, the films "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" sparked the online trend "Barbenheimer," leading to memes and humor. This paper analyzes a specific video related to "Barbenheimer," exploring its popularity and discursive function.

Anti-Chinese tech discourse

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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.

Bandersnatch: You Make The Call, Right?

Paper

Wulan Bekker

24/05/2023

11 minutes to read

This paper examines the ways in which Bandersnatch and in specific its interactive function is a response to our post-digital way of living.

Deviating from the mainstream: Amish or Uber-Hipsters?

Paper

Femke van Bree

Ziggy van Rooij

Sara Ksissa

Miró Supit

17/10/2022

8 minutes to read

In this paper, we intend to find out if the hipster subculture is inspired by the Amish subculture. We will investigate this by analyzing two typical cultural features: appearance (fashion) and food.

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.

Bearing witness to expose the Israeli military: Janna Jihad's activism as a Palestinian citizen journalist

Paper

Kelly Burnet

06/06/2022

13 minutes to read

In this paper, fifteen-year-old citizen journalist and activist Janna Jihad will be discussed. We will investigate how digital journalism, citizen witnessing and the affordances of social media contribute to Janna Jihad's activism.

How propaganda works in the hybrid media system

Article

Ania Borkusewicz

07/01/2022

18 minutes to read

They catch our attention, waste time, and bombard us with clickbaity titles whenever we scroll social media: junk and fake news are significant problems of today's internet. This article shows how they can be used to spread propaganda.

The war in Ukraine and the end of everything

Paper

Kevin Doyle

13/05/2022

34 minutes to read

Kevin Doyle doesn't understand why we let ourselves be reduced to passive observers of the war in Ukraine. Will we one day wake up – complicit and deranged – as nothing more than spectators at the end of everything?

Next-Gen Nederpop: The countercultural practices of Goldband, Froukje, and MEROL

Paper

Michelle Saris

Femke van Bree

Miró Supit

Janne Dolk

Fleur Terpstra

29/04/2024

18 minutes to read

Next-Gen Nederpop, led by Goldband, Froukje, and MEROL, challenges norms, engages youth with socially conscious lyrics, shaping Dutch music and fostering societal change through music.

How Andy Warhol anticipated acid house rave culture!

Paper

Wessel Joosten

08/11/2023

12 minutes to read

This paper will explore and analyze how Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable Now has anticipated and influenced Acid House Raves, in particular the ones at the nightclub called Shoom in London.

#MillionDollarBabies. Sharenting and its influence on kids

Article

Selin Aydinli

15/09/2023

14 minutes to read

Increasing possibilities and features of social media are emerging that make certain posts more appealing, like parenting content, with the result that private insights are being shared in public more and more frequently.

DNA tests surveillance and privacy issues: AncestryDNA, 23andME, MyHeritage, or none at all?

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

01/02/2022

12 minutes to read

Despite its wide promotion and millions of customers around the world, the DNA test services raise questions on how the businesses are set up and what the regulations behind it are.

Knives Out (2019) and the classical detective formula

Paper

Chi-chieh Huang

12/10/2022

14 minutes to read

This article examines how director Rian Johnson follows and deviates from the classical detective formula to create a murder mystery filled with twists and turns in Knives Out (2019).