Media RadboudConsumerism, chatbots, and a near future of wider social inequalityDo you know what is a chatbot? In fiction, it is represented by many examples, from the consumption technology used in the future as seen…Dec 12, 2016Dec 12, 2016
Media RadboudGeert Wilders: Politics in the online realmOn November 8th 2016, Donald Trump won the American elections and is being inaugurated on January 20 2017. Trump makes interesting…Nov 27, 2016Nov 27, 2016
Media RadboudLieux d’imagination: Voldemort’s grave as tourist highlightEdinburgh, Scotland’s capital, is known as a place where facts meet fiction, and nowhere is this more true than at the supposed resting…Nov 20, 2016Nov 20, 2016
Media RadboudIs the adaptation Ringu-The Ring imperialistic?The Japanese horror movie Ringu (Hideo Nakata, 1998) was remade into a Hollywood adaptation under the name The Ring (Verbinski, 2002). The…Nov 13, 2016Nov 13, 2016
Media RadboudHow the ‘The Second Mother’ addresses representation in an international contextIn recent years, the participation of South American and especially Brazilian cinema in international festivals has increased consistently…Nov 7, 2016Nov 7, 2016
Media RadboudThe PPAP-song: YouTube videos as formatsA few weeks ago the video of ‘Pen Pineapple Apple Pen’ — or PPAP-song — took internet by a storm in a matter of days. Japanese comedian…Oct 30, 2016Oct 30, 2016
Media RadboudNike HyperAdapt 1.0 — Back to the FutureThe October 2016 issue of Wired presents the Nike HyperAdapt 1.0 self-lacing shoe (Eden 2016; Figure 2). The shoes are equipped with “a…Oct 3, 2016Oct 3, 2016
Media RadboudFrom the comic Alias to the core of Netflix’s: Jessica Jones as an example of windowing and market…With a successful first season aired on Netflix in November 2015, the character Jessica Jones has entered a pantheon of Marvel’s superheros…Sep 26, 2016Sep 26, 2016
Media RadboudGrassroots tactics, convergence and synergy in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (2009)Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (2009) is loosely based on the well-known Brothers Grimm fairytale The Frog Prince, in which a prince…Sep 19, 2016Sep 19, 2016
Media RadboudText, audience and media industry in the practices of The Netherlands Institute for Sound and…The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (NISV) is a museum that “collects, preserves and opens” audiovisual heritage, such as radio…Sep 12, 2016Sep 12, 2016