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Mathijs Voordenberg

I’m Mathijs, a student New Media at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). In 2009 I finished my bachelor Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam with a thesis about the public sphere of Youtube. In 2009-2010 I worked as vice-president of the Amsterdam student union (ASVA), As vice-president I was responsible for the human resource, the promotion and a couple of projects among which the election of the teacher of the year at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (the Amsterdam university of applied science). Next to my study I work as freelance photographer and filmmaker.

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Be afraid of Google?

A week ago I went to a lecture about The Googlization of the Global street by Siva Vaidhyanathan. The lecture was at “de Balie” and organized by Open. With Googlization Siva mean the process of being processed rendered and...
By Mathijs Voordenberg on 10/31/10 Comments Off on Be afraid of Google?

Why the iPad will change the e-reader

E-readers are on the market for a while but the digital version of the book never got really popular. Readers were slow, dull, and not sexy at all. The image of the e-reader changed a couple of months ago...
By Mathijs Voordenberg on 10/21/10 3

Twitter: a new dimension to watching tv

A couple of day ago I as watching a dutch television show, ‘de wereld draait door’ (DWDD). I got distracted by a woman in the audience. She had a lowbrow presence and was talking all the time. I was...
By Mathijs Voordenberg on 10/11/10 1

Wikipedia: fortunately the bots are neutral

The CoffeeCompany, a Dutch chain of coffee bars, is well known by every Amsterdam coffee drinker. And, because I live next to one, it’s my regular coffee dealer. A couple of days ago I found out they didn’t have...
By Mathijs Voordenberg on 10/03/10 1

Bookreview: Communication Power

Where lies the power in network society? That’s the question Manuel Castells tries to answer in his book ‘Communication Power’. An interesting and relevant question considering our changing society. According to Castells, power relationships operate in networks. In his...
By Mathijs Voordenberg on 10/02/10 Comments Off on Bookreview: Communication Power

Online Identity on Facebook becoming more and more complex

‘Sharing information about ones Identity on the net is a process of self-portrayal’ (Baier et al. 2003: p. 3). A couple of years ago the world of social network sites was quite clear. There was facebook for students, linkedIn...
By Mathijs Voordenberg on 09/26/10 1

Internet in Cuba: reason to be skeptic?

Last month Reuters and LA Times publicized articles about the Cuban Internet use. Both articles were skeptical about the use of Internet in Cuba. Less than 14.2% of the Cubans make use of the Internet, and most of the...
By Mathijs Voordenberg on 09/13/10 2