social media

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.

Here, yet always there: How Fleabag uses Intimacy as Distraction

Article

Inge van de Ven

14/01/2021

10 minutes to read

The article places direct address in the TV-series Fleabag in the context of trends in self-representation on social media. Fleabag uses self-disclosure as a form of self-branding, to manipulate the audience and distract herself.

Social media and why we're all full of shit

Paper

Daniel Obubo

31/08/2020

14 minutes to read

This paper seeks to explore Instagram culture and how it shapes young minds. The inspiration for the paper comes from the second season of the Emmy-nominated mockumentary American Vandal.

Ellen DeGeneres: talk show host or CIA agent?

Paper

Iris Dumoulin

16/03/2020

11 minutes to read

In 2018, people believed that Eric Trump suggested that Ellen DeGeneres is part of a hidden government within the US. This essay analyzes how this conspiracy theory has come into existence, who plays a role in it, and what this means online.

Digital vigilantism and the Boston Marathon bombing

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

13/11/2020

15 minutes to read

The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing was a major event in the US. The tragic attack then became the subject of one the biggest manhunts in online history.