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Culture, Art & Digitisation

Culture, Art & Digitisation

Being art lovers, we’re always looking for what’s new in the world of art. This led us to an article about L’Atelier des Lumieres in Paris which is exhibiting the works of Gustav Klimt in a digitally immersive manner....
By Kanchana Varghese on 10/23/18 Comments Off on Culture, Art & Digitisation
Empowered by Data: Streaming Platforms Becoming Media Distributors

Empowered by Data: Streaming Platforms Becoming Media Distributors

                        Introduction Media streaming platforms have transformed traditional media industries and continue to do so. Netflix successfully started their own in-house production company based on insights from their...
By Sophie Wandzilak on 10/22/18 Comments Off on Empowered by Data: Streaming Platforms Becoming Media Distributors
Did you see Trump’s Tweet today: Consumption of Information on Twitter and birth of TweetCheck

Did you see Trump’s Tweet today: Consumption of Information on Twitter and birth of TweetCheck

With the constant evolution of new media, people are offered with more options on how to inform themselves on the current situation in the world. As Arkaitz Zubiaga et al. note, ‘while social media have become mainstream, as shown...
By Anna Teresova on 10/19/18 Comments Off on Did you see Trump’s Tweet today: Consumption of Information on Twitter and birth of TweetCheck
Data after Death: Shaping Our Human Identity and the Construction of the Self through Our Digital Footprint

Data after Death: Shaping Our Human Identity and the Construction of the Self through Our Digital Footprint

If you could talk to someone you have lost one more time, would you? If you could, would you preserve your parent’s memories, so your future children could talk to them? Whatever reasons you might have for your answer,...
By Barbara Boeters on 10/18/18 Comments Off on Data after Death: Shaping Our Human Identity and the Construction of the Self through Our Digital Footprint
The contradictory internet user

The contradictory internet user

  Abstract  In this paper I want to state that the contemporary media user is acting in two distinct ways. In order to illustrate this I analyzed two different apps ExpressVPN and Cammeleon that both focuses   on securing...
By Ruben Leenders on 09/24/18 Comments Off on The contradictory internet user
Influencer marketing: #Transparency over #ad

Influencer marketing: #Transparency over #ad

In other parts of the world it is already a well-established marketing technique; celebrity’s being paid to tweet, or post on Facebook and Instagram. However in “down to earth” Netherlands, this trend has just recently began to emerge. Social...
By sarah berzel on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Influencer marketing: #Transparency over #ad
Online to Offline, Customers Have Nowhere to Hide —A New Targeting Technology via Wifi on Mobile Devices

Online to Offline, Customers Have Nowhere to Hide —A New Targeting Technology via Wifi on Mobile Devices

Have you ever received the promotion advertisements from some brands? The answer for most of us probably is: yes. Based on customers’ preferences, retailers offer the information of their upcoming products by the eye-catching advertisements. However, have you ever...
By Jing Shi on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Online to Offline, Customers Have Nowhere to Hide —A New Targeting Technology via Wifi on Mobile Devices
Can we leave the social problems to algorithm?

Can we leave the social problems to algorithm?

Which kind of tech startups can value the most in the shortest time? Which kind of tech companies can take a share of the profits in the fiercely-competitive Chinese internet market? If you take reaching a valuation of about...
By Yao Chen on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Can we leave the social problems to algorithm?
There is Power in a Union!

There is Power in a Union!

Earlier this year, riders for food delivery services UberEats and Deliveroo went on strike, contesting the companies’ decision to move from contracts to subcontracting their employees (Van Unen). This would exempt the companies from paying taxes over their employees’...
By Joris van Breugel on 09/24/18 Comments Off on There is Power in a Union!
The case of Landr: will AI affect music production creativity?

The case of Landr: will AI affect music production creativity?

As AI-based technology has already slowly entered in many sectors of our digitally reshaped world, correspondingly it is increasingly being employed also in different fields of music production. (Fiebrink and Caramiaux, 2) The most popular of its applications is...
By Daniel Leix Palumbo on 09/24/18 Comments Off on The case of Landr: will AI affect music production creativity?
Looking behind the shiny, shiny lights – The tremendous rise of DOOH Advertising

Looking behind the shiny, shiny lights – The tremendous rise of DOOH Advertising

Looking behind the shiny, shiny lights – The tremendous rise of DOOH Advertising Imagine walking around Amsterdam Centraal Station during the day. Feel the eyes of strangers coveting you, hear the sounds of the multiple vehicles whizzing by, see...
By Sushanth Shyamsundar on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Looking behind the shiny, shiny lights – The tremendous rise of DOOH Advertising
Immortal Digital Existence

Immortal Digital Existence

In our current information society and digital media culture, the stories, images, voices and traces we leave behind, construct the narrative of who we are. Our identity has become synonymous with our online data. Digital media empowers us. However,...
By Rima Baroud on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Immortal Digital Existence
The Death of the Meme: Article 13 and what this means for the internet

The Death of the Meme: Article 13 and what this means for the internet

On the 12th of September 2018, the European Parliament voted on a version of an EU copyright directive, namely the The European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Two articles are currently stirring up controversy, one...
By Elise van der Linde on 09/24/18 Comments Off on The Death of the Meme: Article 13 and what this means for the internet
From Cable TV to IGTV: The media might indeed be the message.

From Cable TV to IGTV: The media might indeed be the message.

Abstract –  Instagram’s new application, IGTV brings about a change in how we consume media. Will it act as a replacement for platforms such as YouTube, Vimeo or Snapchat sending them out of business? IGTV also raises questions about...
By Shikha Bajaj on 09/24/18 Comments Off on From Cable TV to IGTV: The media might indeed be the message.
C´mon Apple, you as well!? – The iOS 12 Update will calculate your trust score

C´mon Apple, you as well!? – The iOS 12 Update will calculate your trust score

September has been an important month for Apple so far. The new iPhones have launched and the new iOS update has managed to overshadow the excitement of many Apple fans. One month ago, Facebook demonstrated a new way of...
By Luisa Zap on 09/24/18 Comments Off on C´mon Apple, you as well!? – The iOS 12 Update will calculate your trust score
Technology in the Workplace, Slack and Privacy Issues

Technology in the Workplace, Slack and Privacy Issues

(Figure 1, Screenshot of Slack website page. Source: Slack, 2018)   1)- Technology in the Workplace: “As innovations in technology continue to proliferate, employees working in the modern workplace have access to an ever-increasing number of new technologies” (Swaya...
By Meriam Telhig on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Technology in the Workplace, Slack and Privacy Issues
Accept all Cookies

Accept all Cookies

When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in the European Union in May 2018, its biggest impact for me as a web user was the scores of GDPR emails in my inbox and cookie consent requests...
By rachel blennerhassett on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Accept all Cookies
“Can I Read Your Diary?”

“Can I Read Your Diary?”

Meditation apps, fitness apps, water intake apps, calorie count apps, menstrual cycle apps and, as of recently, journaling apps – all too popular, but the repercussions of data transparency online are rarely acknowledged.   An ongoing trend   Becoming...
By Oana Patrichi on 09/24/18 Comments Off on “Can I Read Your Diary?”
Is Blockchain Technology on the Verge of Revolutionising Our Lives?

Is Blockchain Technology on the Verge of Revolutionising Our Lives?

  Blockchain technology was originally created by Satoshi Nakamoto back in 2008 as the platform to power the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. While Bitcoin has been widely known for a number of years, it is the technology behind it that is...
By Shania O'Sullivan on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Is Blockchain Technology on the Verge of Revolutionising Our Lives?
Are we ready to accept an AI judge?

Are we ready to accept an AI judge?

Nowadays we live in an automated world full of algorithms that are shaping our actions and affecting our decisions by the use of predictive models of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We might feel okay by being “helped” to decide what...
By Bianca Crichigno on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Are we ready to accept an AI judge?
Forcing Gamers to Gamble: The Star Wars Battlefront II loot boxes debate

Forcing Gamers to Gamble: The Star Wars Battlefront II loot boxes debate

  Edit Edit status When Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) (SWBFII) released on 17 November there was a huge backlash from the gamer community surrounding the implemented loot boxes and micro transactions in general. In SWBFII the gamer plays...
By Thijs Wortel on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Forcing Gamers to Gamble: The Star Wars Battlefront II loot boxes debate
Are we compromising our privacy and safety for comfort and ease?

Are we compromising our privacy and safety for comfort and ease?

    We are becoming more and more used to the idea of new technology being embedded, into our everyday lives and activities. Marshall McLuhan believes that we treat “technologies as extended bodily organs.” (Durham Peters) We are continuously experimenting...
By Cecilie Overgaard on 09/24/18 Comments Off on Are we compromising our privacy and safety for comfort and ease?
How Can Art Be Subversive in a Platform System? The Case of Benjamin Grosser

How Can Art Be Subversive in a Platform System? The Case of Benjamin Grosser

    What would happen if one morning, a morning like many others, after you got up, you discovered that your Facebook home page is completely empty, without any type of content? I’m not talking about a crash or...
By Tommaso Campagna on 09/24/18 Comments Off on How Can Art Be Subversive in a Platform System? The Case of Benjamin Grosser
Facebook “M assistant”: a power of suggestion

Facebook “M assistant”: a power of suggestion

It was never a secret that Facebook for a long time was trying to engage AI technology to expand the activity on their social media services. From their introduction of functions to identify people who are depressed and who...
By Katarzyna Wiercioch on 09/23/18 Comments Off on Facebook “M assistant”: a power of suggestion