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Influencer marketing has some serious ethical issues

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
29/01/2019
10 minutes to read

Influencer marketing is powerful. In recent years  consumer trust in classic media has dropped. In the search for profit, a new business model has emerged on social media.

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January 26: Australia Day or Invasion Day?

Article
Georgia McAlpine
09/12/2018
15 minutes to read

In recent years, January 26th has been the date to celebrate Australia as a nation. But looking back on history, and its meaning for Indigenous Australians as the date of colonial invasion, there is a growing movement to abolish or move the day.

Facebook, privacy,

Our data: public by default, private through effort?

Article
Romy van Geffen
07/12/2018
12 minutes to read

Review of Facebook's privacy settings: What is their idea of the level of publicity and privacy? How do they encourage users to be either public or private by presenting certain defaults?

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Slavic Union is on the rise in Eastern Europe

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
27/11/2018
20 minutes to read

Much of the information about Alt-Right nowadays comes from 'the West'. This is not very accurate, because the movement is strong and growing in Eastern Europe. This article describes the concept of Slavia and why we should know about it.

Momo

How Momo shows us that anyone can dig in our data

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
28/08/2018
4 minutes to read

Momo has been said to be a curse, a hacker and even a maniac. What is it and does it know everything about us? 

How can we explain our online identities?

Article
Jady van Leusden
24/04/2018
17 minutes to read

This article explains the construction of online identities and images of the body with the help of theories by Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault.

Leaving the Heartbreak Hotel online & offline.

Column
Ashna Coster
23/03/2018
8 minutes to read

This article provides a reflection on heartbreak in the digital workds, which means that one is breaking up online as well as offline. Unfollow or unfriend one another on social media and if necessary look up self-help tips on how to move on.