Along with the technological advancement and the utilization of internet capabilities, it comes naturally to stop relying on our memory in order to retrieve facts and information. After all, we always have our extension of our brain with us, right? Simple tasks like remembering a phone number or correcting our grammatical errors, have been outsourced … Continue reading Does the internet affect our brain? →

Wikileaks, founded at 2006 in Iceland by Julian Assange, is an international independent non-profit online media organization, which publishes classified documents and censored material. The platform began operating on an open-source basis, as an alternative to mainstream media and throughout the years, developed a publishing model. It is important to note that there is a … Continue reading Whistleblowing going digital: WikiLeaks →

Fyre Festival was a luxury music festival, taking place on the exotic island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas on the spring of 2017. Guests lived a full VIP experience, where they stayed in exclusive luxury villas, ate gourmet food, boarded on private jets and partied on golden beaches with famous a-list models like Bella … Continue reading Ethical considerations of Native Advertising: The Fyre Festival case →

On 28 December 2018, the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror released Bandersnatch on Netflix, an interactive episode which would be gamechanging for the traditional storytelling format. Set on 1984, Bandersnatch follows the life of a young programmer as he is working on a “choose your own adventure” video game. But here is the catch: … Continue reading Black Mirror – Bandersnatch: New interactive storytelling or data mining project? →

As a measles outbreak poses a growing threat for public health in the United States, many experts point to a vaccine-hesitancy climate that leads to the rising percentage of unvaccinated children. Health misinformation has a crucial part in this situation, with myths as the one that vaccination is linked to autism receiving wide circulation. But, … Continue reading How did Amazon contribute to the measles outbreak? →