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.
The regulatory strategy of taking online content off the air to counter electoral misinformation might backfire and create more distrust in democratic institutions.
Korvel is a diverse neighborhood like many others. In this article, you discover the dynamics that define digital surveillance in an area that contains diverse actors and how it can become a cause of inequality and disconnection.
Arjen Lubach has often succeeded in changing the Dutch political agenda with calls to action and satire. This article explores how Lubach uses digital tools in his digital activism and demonstrates how he constructs digital literacies in doing so.
The article presents a selection of Ukrainian children's books on war and displacement for different age groups. The books serve as a safe space for emotional support and an understanding of the complexities of war.
Exploring Rosetta's innovative potential for personal development and artistic expression, bridging human potential and technology in the speculative landscape of 2045.
This article analyzes the privacy policy of TikTok in comparison to that of Meta’s Instagram and Facebook because of their greater popularity and similarity in video streaming methods on the premise of the surveillance-industrial complex.
Marianne Williamson is running for the 2024 U.S. presidential elections against all odds. In this article, we look at how she uses social media to gain attention and get her message across to voters in a hybrid media system.
Ultracycling throws into relief the prosaics of machine vision in heterotopian spaces of hedonism and minimalism. I illustrate what it's like to navigate surveillance technology in an ultracycling race across Europe.
The Birds Aren't Real is a parody social movement with a purpose:making fun of misinformation in a post-truth world dominated by online conspiracy theories
This article engages with Kendrick Lamar’s career and how he interplants other voices in the black struggle to formulate a new one by analyzing a handful of songs on Kendrick Lamar’s studio albums.
Ginny & Georgia’s portrayal of biracialism (Sarah Lampert)
Review
Leonie Milder
01/05/2024
6 minutes to read
Analyzing Ginny & Georgia reveals nuanced portrayals of hybrid identities amidst stereotypical tropes. While tackling racial and cultural complexities, the series inadvertently perpetuates overlooked stereotypes.
Golden and Iwasaki have totally different concepts about geishas. The conflict between them is clear: while Golden casts them as prostitutes, Iwasaki reveals them as artists. This article explores these perspectives.
How can ‘fiction literacy’ help people to get grip on the erosion of reality? Odile Heynders argues that trained or educated readers are capable of recognizing the permeability of factional and fictional elements in a narrative.
In this paper, we explore how Marvel Studios creates a fictional universe that remains realistic in its own right. The main focus is on the reality effect, the paradox of fiction and consistency in the movies' characters.
