YouTube

Performativity by Philosophy Tube

Article

Merel Groot

23/06/2020

19 minutes to read

Philosophy Tube is a YouTube channel about philosophy which uses a theatrical style. In some videos, the author talks about his own life. This article analyses two videos to see how he combines theater with elements of real-life experiences.

Autobiographical vlogs: Telling one's life story online

Article

Jelske van Es

16/06/2020

13 minutes to read

New technologies allow people to disclose private information in vlogs online. Since these vlogs tell someone's story, in what way can they be considered autobiographical? As a case study, we examine Queen of Jet Lags' social media presence.

How does YouTube Influence What We Eat?

Article

Savina Karneva

08/03/2023

14 minutes to read

‘What I eat in a day’ videos are a big trend on YouTube, and their number is growing every year. Does this type of content serve only as entertainment for the users or does it actually have an influence on what they consume?

Jordan Peterson as a human filter bubble

Academic paper

Inge van de Ven

21/06/2019

19 minutes to read

The case of Jordan Peterson demonstrates that in today’s public spheres, the figure of the public intellectual is not necessarily free from ulterior motives in filtering information for the general public.

The Mind of Jake Paul: a YouTube documentary

Article

Kristiana Naydenova

30/05/2019

17 minutes to read

What happens when one YouTuber films another YouTuber? This paper analyzes the potential for truthtelling in the YouTube documentary The Mind Of Jake Paul.

Stephanie Buttermore's Cheat Day videos

Article

Elina Postova

Ana Clara Panontin Scarabelli

Ruzhica Kiprijanovska

26/04/2019

10 minutes to read

Stephanie Buttermore and her layered social media personality give us insight into how influencers construct a widely desired body image. Her "Fantasy Cheat Days" make us wonder about the nature of such content and what it reflects.

The readable body of Trisha Paytas

Article

Egle Talandyte

Federica Morgandi

Idhuna Pastoor

Myrthe van Rens

24/04/2019

10 minutes to read

This paper uses the Foucauldian theoretical framework to analyze the online visual display of the (morphing) body of Trisha Paytas.

What linguistic landscapes hide

Column

Jan Blommaert

26/02/2019

6 minutes to read

Offline linguistic landscapes hide a lot that only becomes overt when one traces these landscapes to their online extensions. It is by this move that we begin to get a grasp of the real complexity of "local" phenomena in a superdiverse world.