Nosedive, a vicious take on social media (Joe Wright)
Review
Heleen Dijkhuizen
29/09/2017
3 minutes to read
Black Mirror's Nosedive shows us a vicious take on social media.
How do Kim Kardashian, Selena Gomez and Nikki Tutorials become role models?
Paper
Ashna Coster
06/10/2017
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.
Corbyn & Co seen from across the Channel... and through social media
Column
Jan Blommaert
12/06/2017
5 minutes to read
Seen from across the Channel and through the lens of social media, Corbyn's surprising electoral success fits a trend.
Why activists should be aware that social media are not the public sphere
Column
Lucas Pascholatti
02/06/2017
5 minutes to read
This column aims to discuss the current context of social media use, activism and how it is connected to the public sphere itself. It shows that there are many questions that should be raised in the context of post-truth democracy.
Social media have been the most important factor in propelling the voguing culture to become a worldwide phenomenon. This article zooms in on how voguers use social media. And why do they use it.
How voguing spread around the world
Article
Jana Nuiten
25/03/2017
5 minutes to read
Madonna’s "Vogue", the documentary Paris Is Burning and more recently, social media all contributed to the globalization of voguing. Today, voguing is a worldwide phenomenon.
The #RomanianProtests: How online activism succeeded in overthrowing the Romanian government
Article
Anca Costea
19/06/2017
6 minutes to read
Activism on social media has been regarded, in many cases, as slacktivism. The recent protests in Romania against the Government prove that this is not always the case.
