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Members of the Boston Red Cloaks carried signs hung from clothing hangers as they marched on the State House and advocated for reproductive freedom

The Handmaid's Tale: Transmedia storytelling and Activism

Article

Iva Konstantinova

14/11/2022

10 minutes to read

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian text that underscores women's activism, bearing its transmedia potential. This article, therefore, examines how its thematic focus transcends other media toward political advancement for women.

Behind the Curtain: “1984”’s Aesthetics of Immediacy

Article

Inge van de Ven

25/01/2024

12 minutes to read

The TV ad “1984” introducing Apple's Macintosh PC has many intertexts—from the aesthetics of fascism to Plato to The Truman Show. This article discusses the video’s ‘aesthetics of immediacy.’

Divine data: how the Co-Star astrology app becomes an expert on ‘the unknown’

Article

Isabelle Cijsouw

10/01/2022

12 minutes to read

What is it about the astrology app that convinces users of its expertise to generate insights about your personal life, your friends, and your future?

EU and Digital Literacy Skills in Europe's Digital Decade

Article

Femke Pulles

Lieke Jacobs

29/03/2024

11 minutes to read

With the emergence of digitalisation, people need to navigate through the online world. Europe recognised this and aims to get 80% of the EU population digitally literate by 2030. This article analyses the goal's feasibility.

Anti-Chinese tech discourse

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'I love you and I care about you’: How ASMR content creators establish parasocial relationships with their viewers

Paper

Eline Klaessens

15/04/2024

13 minutes to read

This paper is concerned with parasocial relationships in the context of ASMR-inducing content. Through analysis of two videos, it aims to identify tools used by ASMRtist to establish these relationships with their audience.

Sylvana Simons at BLM rally in Utrecht (5 June 2020)

How Sylvana Simons Attempted To Reinvent Social Democracy

Article

Max Verhaar

27/10/2023

13 minutes to read

Sylvana Simons and one-seat party Bij1 prolonged the social democratic legacy. They reinvented it by using the algorithmic logic of the hybrid media system. By using emblematic cases, large uptake is generated.

Vietnamese Water Puppetry as an example of intermediality through the integration of multiple art forms

Article

Quynh Nguyen

25/08/2023

15 minutes to read

In this article, Vietnamese water puppetry is explained and presented as an example of intermediality in 21st century folk art.

The MCU is the Marvel Cinematic Universe: a franchise and shared-universe in which 23 movies produced by Marvel Studios take place.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe: a realistic fictional world

Paper

Renske Jacobs

01/08/2022

11 minutes to read

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.

Lifelong learning: the Dark Academia aesthetic as a taste regime

Article

Iris Dumoulin

12/01/2022

10 minutes to read

In this article, I will explore how dark academia can be defined as a taste regime and how specific practices relate to the investment in practical knowledge in order to gain capital on social, economic, and cultural levels.

A revolution triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini

Bearing witness online: How hashtags enabled an uprising in Iran

Paper

Prajakta Athlekar

05/06/2023

15 minutes to read

This paper explores how the fearless citizens of Iran are bearing witness every single day and strengthening the revolution through witness footage, hashtag framing, and authenticity.

Gorillaz: how a global transmedial project can shake our faith in reality

Article

Anna Francuzova

02/02/2024

8 minutes to read

Gorillaz, formed in 1998, revolutionizes music with a transmedial universe. Animated characters and multimedia platforms create a groundbreaking, immersive experience, blurring the lines between reality and fiction.

Localising Japanese Games for a Global Market: a review of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Article

Juliette Berndsen

20/11/2023

9 minutes to read

The article explores cultural interpretations and substitutions which were achieved with localisation of settings, characters and other cultural references in the Western re-release of Japanese Nintendo game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

“Gentlemen, Here We Invest With Balls”: Cryptos and the Celebration of Unfettered Hegemonic Masculinity

Paper

Wessel Joosten

Yasin Tuncer

Gerard Castillo-Miralles

Noa Terzi

29/01/2024

16 minutes to read

This paper analyzes various texts from social media concerning the displays of hegemonic masculinity in the crypto world. Through the analysis in this paper, we will explain the subculture created by crypto bros and their ideology.

A look into the reason behind K-pop's never ending popularity

Paper

Mehreen Sarfaraz

10/05/2023

8 minutes to read

While K-pop groups have gained popularity around the world, we can wonder: is K-pop really still Korean? This paper looks into the impact of globalization on the rise of K-pop on a global scale.

QAnon and how they remain visible in the hybrid media system

Article

Sophie Mols

15/01/2022

11 minutes to read

QAnon keeps succeeding in spreading its messages despite the efforts of social media to censor them. This article explores how the tactics they use, real-world events, and the current media landscape influence this.

Post-national imaginaries: engaging with cultural heritage conflicts from a digital culture perspective

Article

Inge Beekmans

22/04/2024

22 minutes to read

What do cultural heritage destruction and the internet have in common? Despite various threats, predictions and menacing words, both have not been able to drastically reduce the hegemony of nation-states. In fact, it appears that nation-states thrive in contexts of conflicts, crises and digital culture.