Self-tracking can be used for identity work. In this essay, I explore how a self-tracking app I use - Strava - affords identity work through slacktivist discourse affordances.
This article looks at why people use Whatsapp given the privacy concerns around the platform. Read the article to learn about the connection between the expository society, the lack of privacy, and participatory surveillance.
The high level of data sharing has become a common practice. This essay examines the Samsung Health application and its benefits and disadvantages on the users, using gamification, behaviour modification and surveillance capitalism.
Allegedly, Nike's HOI stores are ''the future of retail''. These data-driven stores offer a digitalized customer experience that is unlike anything else. What are the implications of Nike's data usage and is this usage ethical?
In this article, we analyze the corona QR code as a meaning-making practice and discuss its effects on society. The QR code was implemented to reduce the spread of COVID, but it's digital nature and meaning had an impact on society's resilience.
This article provides an analysis of advertisements in the field of entertainment. Its focus lies on how Influencers make use of para-social relationships to manipulate their audience for advertisement on social media.
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.
