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Dangers of being trapped in an echo chamber

Article

Eva de Jonge

21/09/2021

11 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

10 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?

Foucault’s vision on the morphing bodies of influencers

Article

Ellefleur Slangen

Vins Sengers

Maurice van Meer

Mitchell De Bruin

19/05/2021

9 minutes to read

Body morphing has become the norm even for those influencers who stand for body positivity. How can Foucault assist us in interpreting this phenomenon?

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

Column

Nataliia Vdovychenko

31/01/2021

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

31/12/2020

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

13 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

15/11/2020

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.

Reshaping Vegan Masculinity

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

09/11/2020

16 minutes to read

What is vegan masculinity? And what happens if we combine veganism and bodybuilding?