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Calling out the homofobus

Article
Ania Borkusewicz
05/01/2021
14 minutes to read

This article explores both offline and online responses to the Homofobus protest van in Poland and how these responses interact. 

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Trump, lies, and hydroxychloroquine: a case study

Article
Victoria Mohr
15/11/2020
13 minutes to read

This paper analyzes the media storm around hydroxychloroquine as a potential COVID-19 treatment through the lens of Golebiewski and boyd's concept of data voids (2018) and Venturini's concept of 'junk news' (2019). 

Thierry Baudet as a Hybrid Media Star

Article
Beau Swierstra
14/11/2020
11 minutes to read

Thierry Baudet and his Forum voor Democratie, have maintained their own spot in the Dutch Hybrid Media System. As an influencer, Baudet is actively spreading his ideas and opinions on social platforms in ways that are fairly new. 

Handing out the pitchforks: BuzzFeed and mediated digilantism

Article
Astrid Fokkema
12/11/2020
15 minutes to read

'Digilante' BuzzFeed posts shows how the news outlet taps into the anger of the crowds to mediate digilantism. Readers are invited to participate in online shaming but also prove to be critical of BuzzFeed as a normative power.