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Generative AI

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Generative AI refers to deep learning synthesis technologies that create computational content such as images or memes from text.

Audience Labour

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likes, shares, clicks, comments, views, posts, only data to gain more visibility in the hybrid media system (Maly, 2020)

Economy of virality

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The economy of virality grounds in the commercialization of our society. The content is not sold anymore, but our attention is (which has to be quantified in clicks, likes, etc.)! 

Virality

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The spreading of digital content, such as images, videos, or links, in a short period of time through online media such as Social Networking Sites (SNSs) and electronic mail,  shared by a large number of people.
A phone screen showing the Tiktok app icon
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Tiktok's privacy paradox

Article
Marieke Weeda
09/06/2021
8 minutes to read

Privacy on Tiktok is something that has been subject to many controversies and lawsuits, but paradoxically their usage of accurate data for hyper-personalization is by many users also greatly appreciated.

Michelle Obama as a representative of the When We All Vote Squad

How Michelle Obama uses algorithmic knowledge

Paper
Ilse van Knegsel
28/04/2021
17 minutes to read

Michelle Obama is no longer America's First Lady, but through her social media presence, always being on-message, and algorithmic knowledge, she maintains her political impact.

Dr. Taina Bucher

Taina Bucher on algorithmic power, politics and sociality

Video
The Editors
08/04/2021

According to Dr. Taina Bucher, we should no longer talk about algorithms as purely 'technical'. Algorithms are complex socio-technical arrangements that are never devoid of human interference. In this video, Bucher talks about some of the arguments she makes in If... Then: Algorithmic Power and Politics. 

AI

Should AI be considered the (co-)author of AI art?

Column
Simone Sprangers
04/03/2021
3 minutes to read

AI is used quite often in art production. But this technology can lead to philosophical problems. Is the artist still the author of his work, or does he has to share this authorship with AI? The ontology of art can shed light on this issue.

#iwanttoseenyome campaign against racial-bias on Instagram
© @alex_cameron

Racial bias and #IWantToSeeNyome on Instagram

Article
Flávia Stienstra
21/01/2021
16 minutes to read

This article analyzes the discourses surrounding the removal of photographs of black curvy model Nyome Nicholas-Williams, which incited a discussion on Instagram’s racial bias practices leading to policy change on adult nudity.

QAnon members along with Trump supporters
© Kirby Wilson/Tampa Bay Times

QAnon: The political capital of a conspiracy theory

Article
Lora Ditchev
15/01/2021
17 minutes to read

This article examines how QAnon became an umbrella for a variety of far-right conspiracy theories, and in unifying these ideas produced real political turmoil. 

Dynamite Reaches 100 Million Views on YouTube
© @ChartBTS on Twitter

How the Kpop Community Uses YouTube’s Algorithm to Their Benefit

Article
Angela Veltman
15/01/2021
12 minutes to read

The mainstream media was surprised when BTS broke the record for most views in 24 hours on a video for their song Dynamite with 101 million views. This was the goal set to be achieved by BTS’ fandom. But how did they do this?