Science

Jordan Peterson as a human filter bubble

Academic paper
Inge van de Ven
21/06/2019
18 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.

Health

Anti-vaccine movement: the epidemic of stupid

Column
Blean Tsige
06/03/2019
13 minutes to read

The purpose of this column is to highlight the influence of social networking platforms on society. In particular on the way in which the outbreak of measles can be blamed on to misinformation that is spread on these platforms.

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The Global Compact on Migration and its discontents

Column
Jan Blommaert
20/11/2018
7 minutes to read

The Global Compact for Migration has "evidence-based public discourse" as one of its objectives. Remarkably, this requirement has led to huge controversy. Are we moving towards a fact-free open society?

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Why biometric data is not safe anymore

Article
Nataliia Vdovychenko
16/11/2018
7 minutes to read

Biometric data plays a huge role in our everyday lives. We use it to unlock our phones, for bank payments, memberships and travelling. But do we ever think about risks connected to our biometric privacy?

Construction and presentations of interethnic boundaries in the media:

‘The Moroccan Drug Dealer’

Article
Mijndert Rodolf
26/04/2016
8 minutes to read

Why does the media frame minority groups the way they do? How is this done? What are the the effects of these negative frames?

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