New Media M.A. Research Blog | Media Studies, University of Amsterdam

Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Media So Different, So Appealing?

As any illustrator should be, I am obsessed by visual culture, art, design and media. The way contemporary creative conception and expression takes on new shapes and forms, catapulted through the fibre-optic network and available for all to consume,...

By Martijn Dorresteijn on 09/15/11 Comments Off

Digital text and Language Learning

The replacement of printed text by digital text might strike us as another carefully manufactured revolution, but those who have had a lifelong use of communications and media technologies surrounding them might not be as intimidated by this transition...

By Bram van der Kruk on 10/16/10 Comments Off

Book Review: Mythologie du Portable (Laurence Allard)

In an age where the iPhone and similar devices have become staple accessories of an always connected global citizen, it is high time to track the origins of the mobile phone, its emergence as a crucial tool for economic...

By Catalina Iorga on 09/20/10 Comments Off

Book Review: “What do you mean, no internet?!”

What do you mean, no internet?! Is a collection of argumentative essays written by 28 3rd year Media Production students . In 2009 over three hundred students wrote these essays to fulfill the requirements of their Media and Society...

By Bram van der Kruk on 09/19/10 Comments Off

No school like the old school

Schools are complicated places, they not only mirror society’s obstacles and challenges but also represent our collective hopes for youth, education and knowledge. Teaching is to an extend an individual enterprise in that many teachers adopt a style of...

By Bram van der Kruk on 09/08/10 2