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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.

Jesus holds a smartphone to create a selfie for his Facebook timeline

Why the #ashfie and the forty-day period of fasting might not be a match made in heaven

Column

Inge Beekmans

11/02/2018

7 minutes to read

Are new traditions like the use of #Ashtags and participating in the push-ups & prayer Lenten Challenge threatening the key principles of Lent?

Corbyn & Co seen from across the Channel... and through social media

Column

Jan Blommaert

09/06/2017

5 minutes to read

Seen from across the Channel and through the lens of social media, Corbyn's surprising electoral success fits a trend.

Voguing in the ‘real’ world

Article

Susanne Vermeeren

15/03/2017

5 minutes to read

In this article two important, well-known and skilled voguers will be presented: Willi Ninja or the godfather of voguing and the Swedish woman called Anne Ninja.

The failure of surveillance

Article

Jan Blommaert

21/01/2016

3 minutes to read

The search for terrorists is supported by highly sophisticated and intensive surveillance of electronic communication media, but overlooks the basic fact that sometimes people switch off their devices and become invisible.