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Noor Unnahar in the world of Instapoetry

Paper

Lola Vos

15/06/2020

11 minutes to read

Instapoetry is a new phenomenon on the Instagram platform. This paper features a case study of Noor Unnahar's Instapoetry examining how her works bring together various media and to what effect.

Mom-shamers vs. celebrities on Instagram

Article

Sanne Graumans

02/06/2020

7 minutes to read

Mom shamers have been around since forever and, sadly, social media has only helped to amplify their voices. When it comes to being especially vitriolic, they take aim at Hollywood moms. This article examines how this unfolds on Instagram.

Interested in globalization? Watch cricket

Column

Jan Blommaert

25/06/2019

7 minutes to read

The Cricket World Cup 2019 is a global media event of enormous size, while cricket itself is practiced only in a relatively small area in the world. How come?

Emma Watson on Framing

Column

Jan Blommaert

21/05/2019

6 minutes to read

Emma Watson's Instagram reaction to the Alabama abortion bill accurately exposes the work of framing in public debates, and shows an educational use of social media.

Body Morphing on Instagram

Article

Mariosé Bergsteijn

Jelske van Es

Tara van Dijk

Nine van Steen

23/10/2019

11 minutes to read

Celebrities morph their online self-presentation, because when you look like and do things that are not recognizable by the masses, you are perceived as abnormal and therefore do not belong in society.

What do Knausgård and social media bloggers have in common?

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

31/01/2020

18 minutes to read

What do Knausgård and Instagram travel bloggers have in common? How do social media and contemporary literature inspire and influence each other? The answer lies in this article, where Knausgård is compared to young 'Western' travel bloggers.

#10yearchallenge conspiracy goes viral

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

20/02/2019

5 minutes to read

#10yearchallenge has conquered our timelines, but also face recognition algorithms and targeted advertising.

Influencers: From Connectedness to Connectivity

Article

Mariosé Bergsteijn

02/12/2019

9 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.