algorithms

Influencers: From Connectedness to Connectivity

Article
Mariosé Bergsteijn
05/01/2019
10 minutes to read

Online social life is not merely about human connectedness anymore. This article shows how influencers instead use automated connectivity to influence their audiences via social media platforms.

Is Google politically biased?

Article
Tunde Farago
21/12/2018
9 minutes to read

In this article, the issue of political bias is analyzed in relation to the algorithms behind the Google search engine.

smart cities

Smart cities and the imagined objectivity of data

Article
Sammy Kossen
21/12/2018
10 minutes to read

Smart Cities are not only about optimizing people's lives, but also lead to new forms of surveillance and directing people towards normative behavior. Big brother is watching you.

fingerprint scanning

Why biometric data is not safe anymore

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
16/11/2018
7 minutes to read

Biometric data plays a huge role in our everyday lives. We use it to unlock our phones, for bank payments, memberships and travelling. But do we ever think about risks connected to our biometric privacy?

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Algorithmic populism and algorithmic activism

Article
Ico Maly
10/10/2018
12 minutes to read

Digitalization gave birth to a new kind of populism: algorithmic populism. Algorithmic populism cannot be understood without taking the uptake and algorithmic activism in particular into account.

Expeditie Robinson competition

Expeditie Robinson, fan engagement and Facebook’s new style

Column
Laura Smits
01/03/2018
2 minutes to read

The new Facebook update has created a big buzz, as almost every change does. Would it be better to invest energy into adapting rather than complaining?