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First male beauty blogger (age 17) becomes a Cover Boy

How to -movies and virality: Male beauty bloggers

Paper

Nataliia Vdovychenko

18/05/2018

19 minutes to read

Male beauty bloggers are a new internet sensation with millions of followers, viral videos and inspiring life stories. How did they become so successful?

How can we explain our online identities?

Article

Jady van Leusden

Ghyli Kirshner

Lieke van der Wielen

Julia Wysopal

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.

How to appear authentic in a digital world

Paper

Miah Ke-leigh

30/03/2018

23 minutes to read

How authentic are we really? The increase of digital influencers and the pressure on users to reach a certain following or look a certain way before posting a photo, questions the idea of online authenticity.

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.

Plastic surgery and the quest for the perfect selfie in South Korea

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

20/03/2018

15 minutes to read

Plastic surgeries changed the world. In this article, we are going to talk about the measures taken to make an ordinary picture on your Instagram account “on point” and what some are willing to do in order to score those 10.000+ likes.

How do Kim Kardashian, Selena Gomez and Nikki Tutorials become role models?

Paper

Ashna Coster

18/09/2017

10 minutes to read

The following paper will explain how women use social media to voice their thoughts on appearances. Regular women and celebrity women alike use social media to send their message on what the perfect image is.

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Too Butch for Heels? The CrossFit women of Instagram battle society's preconceived norms

Article

Ailish Tuohy

17/09/2017

11 minutes to read

This article looks at the CrossFit women of Instagram as instigators of societal change in the way women's bodies are perceived.

Infected by the inFLUence: a short piece that looks into social influencers like Miss Victory Violet

Article

Biba Becker

10/07/2017

11 minutes to read

Being a social influencer may seem like it's all fun and games, but behind the scenes it's a lot of hard work and dedication. A critical reflection on whether becoming an influencer is worth considering.