Diggit Magazine

The Ongehoord Nederland community on Twitter: thick or light?

Article

Ruben den Boer

21/04/2023

19 minutes to read

Following the controversial broadcasts of Ongehoord Nederland, temporary Twitter communities quickly arise. Can we consider these communities as 'thick'? Or are they more 'light' in nature? This article uses ethnomining to find out.

BIOR: local vs global voices in a case of cultural appropriation

Paper

Andreea-Diana Dobrescu

Nurbanu Aslan

13/03/2023

13 minutes to read

This essay explores the concept of cultural appropriation in a globalized world, examining its various forms, its impact on marginalized communities, and the power dynamics between local and global voices.

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.

#Hexit: witches in Dutch political discourse

Paper

Ruben den Boer

28/02/2022

14 minutes to read

Witches are hardly political figures, but their name and likeliness are used in Dutch political discourse, for example in the hashtag #hexit. So, what actually is the discursive function of witches is in Dutch political discourse?

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Ring Video Doorbell: privacy invasion delivered to your doorstep

Paper

Ruben den Boer

16/11/2022

13 minutes to read

Ring Video Doorbells ensure security for homeowners. Through a discourse analysis of Ring Doorbell videos posted on TikTok, this article answers the question: which privacy issues do video doorbells raise for the person on your doorstep?

Bearing witness to expose the Israeli military: Janna Jihad's activism as a Palestinian citizen journalist

Paper

Kelly Burnet

06/06/2022

13 minutes to read

In this paper, fifteen-year-old citizen journalist and activist Janna Jihad will be discussed. We will investigate how digital journalism, citizen witnessing and the affordances of social media contribute to Janna Jihad's activism.

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DeviantArt and AI: The showdown between manual playbour and automated playbour

Paper

Pak Wing Ng

27/11/2023

15 minutes to read

By looking at DeviantArt and its no-AI alternative Side 7, the article explores an issue of the security of users' artwork with the rise of AI art generators, as well as the way the platforms deal with artwork protection.

How Andy Warhol anticipated acid house rave culture!

Paper

Wessel Joosten

08/11/2023

12 minutes to read

This paper will explore and analyze how Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable Now has anticipated and influenced Acid House Raves, in particular the ones at the nightclub called Shoom in London.

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What We Gain And Lose By Using Algorithms In Healthcare

Article

Martijn Logtenberg

03/04/2023

10 minutes to read

Algorithms are becoming more common in healthcare. Along with this trend come questions about societal norms on knowledge, trust, and accountability.

Knives Out (2019) and the classical detective formula

Paper

Chi-chieh Huang

12/10/2022

14 minutes to read

This article examines how director Rian Johnson follows and deviates from the classical detective formula to create a murder mystery filled with twists and turns in Knives Out (2019).

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Multisensory Realities of Authentic Artworks

Paper

Olga Koltsova

18/11/2022

9 minutes to read

This paper demonstrates how the multisensory design of an art exhibition challenges the concept of artworks' authenticity and allows visitors to connect with the art at a more intimate level.

DNA tests surveillance and privacy issues: AncestryDNA, 23andME, MyHeritage, or none at all?

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

01/02/2022

12 minutes to read

Despite its wide promotion and millions of customers around the world, the DNA test services raise questions on how the businesses are set up and what the regulations behind it are.

Globalization and music festivals: the case of Lollapalooza

Article

Gerard Castillo-Miralles

19/05/2023

13 minutes to read

In this article I will analyze the tense relationship between the local and the global in music festivals. To do so, I will focus on the Lollapalooza festival, known for its eclectic artistic proposal, which is currently present in 8 countries.

JEf Verschueren, complicity, practice, discourse

Complicity in practice and discourse (Jef Verschueren)

Review

Tom Van Hout

16/08/2023

4 minutes to read

In this thought-provoking essay, Jef Verschueren marshals progressive values of solidarity, community, and engagement and compels us to embrace and share responsibility for a healthier public sphere.

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BeReal: How Authenticity Turns into Violation of Privacy

Article

Anna Skorodihina

22/09/2023

13 minutes to read

This article looks at how the new social media platform BeReal structures its app to enforce what is called an expository society through behaviour modification and how it plays into societies of control, compromising user privacy.

Wealthy woman's total linguistic facts

Article

Tom Van Hout

Ad Backus

12/09/2023

8 minutes to read

To understand how cultural ideas are evoked, we must analyze the total linguistic fact: how the interplay of language structure, use and ideology shapes social life.