#authenticity

Lil Miquela: the first AI social media influencer

AI Influencers: Celebrities of the Future or a Failed Marketing Product?

Article

Anna Skorodihina

02/11/2022

12 minutes to read

This article explores the new world of AI influencers: are they the future of social media or will they be left in the past? To answer this question, the author looks into the user engagement with content by and about these new influencers.

Terrorising Ourselves: What Us Can Teach Us about Authenticity

Paper

Rebecca de Jongh

15/02/2021

10 minutes to read

This paper investigates the concept of authenticity through analysing the movie Us (Peele, 2019). Theories on authenticity by Charles Taylor and various ideas about the uncanny valley are used to analyse this intriguing movie.

picture of the Depot Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

The Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Depot

Paper

Maud Schoonen

07/12/2018

12 minutes to read

This paper investigates if the new Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Depot is a transparent museum or merely provides the illusion of transparency.

The supposed authenticity of social media celebrities

Article

Aniek van den Brandt

24/10/2018

8 minutes to read

Social media celebrities are a phenomenon from the last decade. They seem to be authentic and just like you. Or rather, that's what they want you to believe.