social media

What does your Spotify Wrapped say about you?

Article

Ruben den Boer

13/01/2022

10 minutes to read

Spotify Wrapped has become a fun holiday tradition. But in reality, it actually says something about the identity you portray online, contemporary culture, and the influence of tech companies.

FAcebook, moderation, activism, democracy,

Why Facebook? Activism, censorship, and democracy

Academic paper

Lauren Zentz

03/12/2021

19 minutes to read

Lauren Zentz examine how a group of progressive activists interact around a certain set of Facebook’s hate speech policies and practices in order to make meaning of them, make both political and social use of them, and be critical of them.

algorithms, echo chamber, radicalization, luggenpresse

Dangers of being trapped in an echo chamber

Article

Eva de Jonge

04/10/2021

10 minutes to read

Algorithms, echo chamber and fake news. How echo chambers are created by algorithms and how fake news within them can cause many problems.

Brittany Broski: viral content creator and authentic influencer

Paper

Kelly Burnet

24/05/2021

9 minutes to read

Brittany Broski is a successful content creator and influencer. In the last year, she has built a big community of loyal followers is still growing rapidly. How did she achieve this? How does she present herself as authentic?

Reddit's GameStop rush (doesn't) change(s) the stock market

Column

Nataliia Vdovychenko

02/02/2021

7 minutes to read

GameStop has shaken the stock market with the help of Reddit users, or at least that is wat the news suggests. What is certain is that for the first time in history, the news about stocks is talking about the 'online community' rather than the wolves of Wall Street. How did this shift happen, and what are the long-term consequences?

Rise of contemporary youth-led online magazines

Article

Jessaline Tanjung

05/04/2021

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.

The Notre-Dame fire and digital vigilantism

Paper

Iris Dumoulin

21/12/2020

12 minutes to read

The whole world was watching when one of France's famous landmarks was the victim of a major fire. On April 15, 2019, the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral suffered a terrible tragedy. What role did social media play in spreading the news?

David Attenborough: From Naturalist to Instagram Famous

Article

Tessa Visser

13/01/2021

10 minutes to read

David Attenborough, a ground-breaking naturalist, has had a successful career on media such as television and radio. However, he still felt the need associate himself with new media like Instagram. This article speculates on why that may be.