#Instagram

Poetry

Instagram Poetry: Am I Good Enough for my Own Endeavor?

Article
Audrey Frijns
14/10/2022
8 minutes to read

Poetry on Instagram is becoming increasingly popular. This article explores if poetry can truly shake its connotations with elitism and how Instagram pages attract an audience that performs visibility labor.

Vinyl posts on Instagram

The fandom of vinyl collecting on Instagram

Paper
Simone Sprangers
25/10/2021
26 minutes to read

There is a whole community of vinyl collectors on Instagram. These vinyl collectors have very specific fan practices. This article answers the following question: What can the vinyl community on Instagram tell us about fandom? 

Famke Louise: The impact of social media on polarization

Article
Lily Francois
25/01/2023
10 minutes to read

Famke Louise got trapped in a filter bubble, which she vocalized with a #ikdoenietmeermee-movement. This called for surveillance as a reaction to her deviant behavior, resulting in influencer-incredibility.

#iwanttoseenyome campaign against racial-bias on Instagram

Racial bias and #IWantToSeeNyome on Instagram

Article
Flávia Stienstra
21/01/2021
16 minutes to read

This article analyzes the discourses surrounding the removal of photographs of black curvy model Nyome Nicholas-Williams, which incited a discussion on Instagram’s racial bias practices leading to policy change on adult nudity.

rise of youth-led online magazines

Rise of contemporary youth-led online magazines

Article
Jessaline Tanjung
31/12/2020
15 minutes to read

Online magazines (or zines) are getting popularised online. Not only are their audience youth dominated, but their writers too. Here we see how different online magazines are to traditional journalism and see how they influence each other.

aesthetic instagram slideshow

Instagram slideshows: making the political 'aesthetic'

Article
Jessaline Tanjung
04/12/2020
15 minutes to read

This article explores how Instagram slide shows rose to prominence during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, and what this means for the future of online activism. 

First spreadsheet lay-out

Analyzing Excel-poetry

Article
Kirsten Verbeek
12/11/2019
6 minutes to read

Happy #spreadsheetday! On October 17th, 2018, Brian Bilston commemorated that this particular day in 1979, the first spreadsheet computer package was released by posting an EXCEL-poem on his Instagram.

Picture of rapper Lizzo

Lizzo, body positivity and being '100% THAT bitch'

Article
Simone Sprangers
07/11/2019
18 minutes to read

The infamous line '100% that bitch' from hit song 'Truth Hurts', made rapper Lizzo one of the biggest names in music today. Her success story is closely connected to the current phase of globalization.