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Jorien De Wandeler

Fresh from the Bachelor New Media at the UvA, Jorien likes to specialize herself during the Master in the anatomical and physiological effects of New Media on the human brain. To gather the required knowledge to make sensible statements about this she combines New Media with the Bachelor Psychobiology. This way she hopes to develop a broad, interdisciplinary frame of knowledge to conduct fundamental research.

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Scientific Visualization: how to let the brain understand that it sees itself?

Scientific Visualization: how to let the brain understand that it sees itself?

Abstract: Scientific visualizations are part of the branch of data visualization. They primarily show 3D models of natural phenomena. Scientific visualizations are under-represented compared to information visualization (the other part of data visualization). Time to take a closer look...
By Jorien De Wandeler on 04/29/11 Comments Off on Scientific Visualization: how to let the brain understand that it sees itself?
Politwittic

Politwittic

Politics in the age of new media have different characteristics than the politics before the year 2000. Since its launch, the World Wide Web revealed itself as a powerful tool to reach a large part of the (wealthy) population....
By Jorien De Wandeler on 04/26/11 Comments Off on Politwittic
Facebook: open minded panopticon?

Facebook: open minded panopticon?

Something caught my eye this week that seemed so contradictory that I want to share it with you. In the course New Media Theories, and actually in every other new media course, the principles of Michel Foucault are relevant....
By Jorien De Wandeler on 10/30/10 Comments Off on Facebook: open minded panopticon?
iPad Challenges Authentic Bed Time Stories

iPad Challenges Authentic Bed Time Stories

When I saw my little niece getting read aloud by my uncle’s iPad, I wondered how this could affect the way she is being raised. If iPads and other digital devises take over the task of parents, would it...
By Jorien De Wandeler on 10/17/10 Comments Off on iPad Challenges Authentic Bed Time Stories
You are what you tweet?

You are what you tweet?

The pitfalls of twitter research Twitter research could be a valuable tool when it’s done properly. When we take into account that we already have a bias because twitter users are not a random sample from society, we could...
By Jorien De Wandeler on 10/10/10 Comments Off on You are what you tweet?

Wikipedia editing: the ultimate career counseling?

Dear Wikipedia editors, did you notice that you choose a subject to edit on Wikipedia that lies in your line of interest? Because the list of Requested Articles is structured into categories, you automatically pick the subject you feel...
By Jorien De Wandeler on 10/03/10 Comments Off on Wikipedia editing: the ultimate career counseling?
Book review “Bioethics in the age of new media” by Joanna Zylinksa (2009)

Book review “Bioethics in the age of new media” by Joanna Zylinksa (2009)

The outrageous amount of information that we are able to store these days awakes more dilemma’s  than just the one about privacy that’s discussed by many. Companies like Google and Facebook can collect data about their users and save...
By Jorien De Wandeler on 09/20/10 Comments Off on Book review “Bioethics in the age of new media” by Joanna Zylinksa (2009)
Augmented reality as the NEW marketing tool

Augmented reality as the NEW marketing tool

The back cover of this weeks Grazia magazine shows a new add campaign of United Colors of Benetton. Readers are being encouraged to interact with Benetton by signing in for the casting for the new campaign. Costumers can become...
By Jorien De Wandeler on 09/13/10 2