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Audrika Rakshit

Originally from New Delhi, India, I'm now living in Amsterdam to follow the MA New Media and Digital Culture programme at the University of Amsterdam. I have an interest in independent/alternative music, literary modernism, films and the cross-section of culture and new media. I have work experience in marketing (traditional and digital) and social media. Consequently, my research interests are currently scattered between marketing analytics and effective communication strategies, on the one hand, and the psychology of social media, on the other.
Twitter Chatter and Stock Market Trends

Twitter Chatter and Stock Market Trends

Social media as trend indicators It is not uncommon that when “social media networks” are mentioned, the most common associations among people are with platforms that promote interaction with, and sharing and exchange of user-generated content. With its exponential...
Soundcheck: Independent Bands in the Age of Online Music Marketing

Soundcheck: Independent Bands in the Age of Online Music Marketing

Ever since “digitization” took over “globalization” as the biggest phenomenon in the modern world, there’s very little that remains inaccessible – art, dance, films, world news, sports, music and what will you – everything is usually not more than...