Technology
Algorithmic BDSM
Frankie Pizá
Aesthetics, Submission and Production in the Age of Invisible Obedience.
Technology
Have a Little Cry and Get On With It
Proyecto UNA
We cannot blame social media platforms for all our troubles without understanding the social dynamics behind their use.
Storytelling
Gaseous Politics
Carlos A. Scolari
Politics tends to be increasingly constructed through social media and other environments where snack culture is generated, circulated and consumed.
Technology
A Utopia Surrounded by Rubbish
José Heinz
The big corporations have taken over the Internet and, in their constant search for profit, have degraded its use.
Culture
FOMO: Culture Through The Prism of Fear
Ofèlia Carbonell
The fear of missing out on things is driving the need to consume products, holidays, art and cultural events.
Technology
How to Survive on TikTok
José Heinz
The social media platform for video shorts is transforming the cultural industries, with impacts on creators, audiences and critics alike.
Technology
Digital Gentrification
José Heinz
Content platform algorithms reward lowest-common-denominator material and narrow the space for experimentation.
Technology
Becoming a Web Series
Ofèlia Carbonell
We have gone from showing our offline lives on the Internet, to living in accordance with our online personas.
Storytelling
keep it cUUUUUUte – how do we write on the Internet?
Joana Girona
Every day we make linguistic decisions about how to express ourselves on the Internet, and the way we type is also a way of expressing who we are.
Storytelling
Technology
Living life as “content”
Joana Girona
On the subversion of identity on social media, algorithms that act as your mum, micro-labels on TikTok and online individualism.
Technology
Bámbel
Andrea Abreu
Are we talking about the end of love while being more obsessed than ever with loving?
Storytelling
“Te quiero ride como a mi bike”: what if we weren’t afraid of the cringe police?
Begoña Gómez Urzaiz
How do we process feelings of cringe and fear of ridicule in times of hyper-exposure to social media?