YouTube is a free commercial entertainment platform, and like any other online free service they make money by displaying ads. And it’s not just the company itself, but talented and hard-working content creators who profit from this system. Watching aContinue reading… Is YouTube making a big mistake with ads in the middle of their videos?
Comment sections vs. Facebook
Today was a very special day. Today I handed in my master thesis in Digital Culture. I’ve been researching comments on news articles, trying to determine what is the difference between commenting on news articles on a newspapers comment sectionContinue reading… Comment sections vs. Facebook
Who owns my games?
One of my favorite games of all time is the puzzle game Peggle. After being introduced to it in 2008, I have played countless times on multiple platforms, including PC, Android, iOS and X-Box (my favorite platform to play PeggleContinue reading… Who owns my games?
How having more music has made me less interested in it
As Facebook is making a play for the music industry, commentators are speculating about how social media is affecting artists and music producers. Digby Pearson argues that social media is making music fans more fragmented, and that being a fan ofContinue reading… How having more music has made me less interested in it
Lurkers and the Silent Majority
“The Silent Majority” is, according to Julia Kirby, a phrase that President Nixon used to describe the people who were not against the Vietnam war, who Nixon believed to be in majority, but were less vocal than the anti-war protesters.Continue reading… Lurkers and the Silent Majority
The Filter Bubble and the News
The filter bubble is a technological phenomenon, where one’s opinions are amplified by algorithms that recommend content that one is more likely to be interested in, while filtering out all other content (Flaxman, Goel and Rao 2016, 299). If, forContinue reading… The Filter Bubble and the News
Creating desire for a new product
In his book “Evil by Design”, Chris Nodder writes about how to create envy and use it to enhance the popularity of a product. The first step in creating envy, according to Nodder, is to create desirability for a product.Continue reading… Creating desire for a new product
Researching comments on news articles
In my master thesis research I am looking at comments on news articles on news websites and on Facebook. During this process I have had to find a way to categorize comments. This has been a long, and sometimes frustratingContinue reading… Researching comments on news articles
Thoughts about Danah Boyd’s Podcast
I was first introduced to Danah Boyd when I read her book “It’s Complicated” about three years ago. I thought it was a great, eye-opening book. Boyd presents a well thought-through argument about the digital lives of teenagers, and introducesContinue reading… Thoughts about Danah Boyd’s Podcast
Learning with video games
In the introduction to chapter 4 of Participatory Culture in a Networked Era, “Learning and Literacy”, Mimi Ito writes about “Learning in the wild”. This view of learning argues that the traditional view of learning – that learning involves the passive receivingContinue reading… Learning with video games