Diggit Magazine

Tweeting Fear: Affective Messaging and Anti-China Sentiments in Nikki Haley's Discourse

Paper

Isobel Huisman

05/02/2024

21 minutes to read

This paper explores Nikki Haley's affective messaging to shape public opinion against China and TikTok, exploring Haley's ideological language, narrative construction and how her discourse is received by the audience.

digital media, platform ideologies, digital ideologies

Digital economy and platform ideologies

Working paper

Ico Maly

16/06/2023

Can we analyse digital media platforms as producers of ideology? Ico Maly lays out a framework to do exactly that.

methodology, digital discourse analysis, ethnography

From methodology to method and back. Some notes on digital discourse analysis

Working paper

Ico Maly

07/12/2022

Methodology may not be the most juicy stuff in academia, but it is crucial if we want to produce more than just opinions. In this article, Ico Maly stresses the importance of an empirical-interpretative methodology for social scientists.

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.

Anti-Chinese tech discourse

File

EU and Digital Literacy Skills in Europe's Digital Decade

Article

Femke Pulles

Lieke Jacobs

29/03/2024

11 minutes to read

With the emergence of digitalisation, people need to navigate through the online world. Europe recognised this and aims to get 80% of the EU population digitally literate by 2030. This article analyses the goal's feasibility.

Taylor Swift and the story of the Swifties fandom

Article

Amber van As

Jady van Leusden

Sam van Alebeek

Niels van der Ven

29/12/2017

15 minutes to read

The fans of pop icon Taylor Swift call themselves the Swifties. This article will provide an introduction to this social group and its functioning.

De literaire schrijver in het mediatijdperk

Academic paper

Sander Bax

22/11/2016

5 minutes to read

Verschillende wetenschappers betogen dat het literaire bedrijf grondig en fundamenteel aan het veranderen is in het mediatijdperk. Literatuurwetenschapper Sander Bax bouwt met zijn studenten aan dit dossier over dit grote transformatieproces.

On racism and how to read Hannah Arendt

Column

Ana Deumert

25/02/2020

8 minutes to read

In this column Ana Deumert looks at the work of Hannah Arendt. She asks how scholars can engage with her work, given the persistent presence of racist tropes in her writings.

Remediating Van Gogh: How New Media Keep the Painter's World Alive

Article

Marijn van Engelen

12/01/2024

13 minutes to read

How can traditional art remain relevant and accessible in times of rapid technological developments? This article discusses the remediation of Van Gogh's work as an example of intermediality.

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.

Two white individuals looking out of a window to an impressive view of nature

‘Live Anywhere on Airbnb’: how Airbnb discursively constructs a technological utopia

Article

Isabelle Cijsouw

19/10/2021

14 minutes to read

Live anywhere in the world and travel anytime you want: according to Airbnb, we'll soon all live a flexible lifestyle. This case study analyzes how Airbnb constructs a techno-utopian vision of the world.

"Mobilisation is going according to plan": caricature art during the Ukraine war

Article

Anna Francuzova

04/03/2024

10 minutes to read

This paper explores the unique role of caricature art during the Ukraine war, examining how it functions as a powerful tool for propaganda, satire, and protest, challenging authority during times of war.