What is information warfare and how is it different from traditional warfare?

The world we live in seems to increasingly revolve around technology and information. The same could be said about warfare. Where as before, warfare would mean fighting over physical borders with…

How Living in a “Filter Bubble” Fuels Political Polarisation

If you are on social media, then chances…

Social media: Addiction vs Dependency

How would you feel if today you couldn’t check your social profiles? Would you be sad? Angry…

Understanding the trolling phenomenon

Every social media platform offers the possibility to comment on any content. Such a feature…

The Commodification of Journalism

What is a commodity?

Pros and cons of smart cities

The smart city is derived from the “Smart Earth” theme report released by IBM in New York in 2008, meaning that a new generation of information technology is used in various industries. The Smart city concept integrates information and communication technology (ICT), and…

What are filter bubbles and echo chambers in real life and how they can shape your opinion

Filter bubbles: algorithms as information gatekeepers

In the era before the internet and free flow of data, humans lived in a society, where almost all information about the state of the world was chosen, edited or even censored before it was published and broadcasted to the general public…

Are Social Media radicalizing your opinions?

It is clear that in our modern world Social Media play an important role in our…

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