Smart speakers as new family members
The popularity of smart speakers Almost everyone has by now heard of Virtual Assistants like Siri, Alexa, or Google Assistant that can be...
Hey Google! What’s in the news?
Voice assistants The usage of conversational agents (CAs) such as Google Assistant and Alexa doubles every year. CAs can be used to...
How Loud Did They Bark? - The Watchdog Role of Journalism in the Age of Big Tech
The past two decades have witnessed a meteoric rise of Big Tech(nology) companies to powerful political players in our societies. To...
Teaching Statistics? Here’s how to make it less daunting for students
From the outside, it might look like PhD-students are only concerned with their dissertation. But, for many, PhD-life includes more than...
Into the Dark: Exploring the narrative space of the Dutch Telegramsphere
Telegram, the app that some of your friends obnoxiously insist on moving your group chats to – so that you can escape the privacy-evading...
Fifteen Seconds of TikTok Fame
TikTok has rapidly developed from a punchline for jokes about "kids these days" into a social media juggernaut. The speed of this...
The ups and downs of in-person conferences
Conferences are part of a researcher's life. Yet, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there have not been any in-person conferences the past...
Past the tipping point: Climate change communication and research in the 2020’s
Let’s face it: stopping climate change is one of humanity’s most challenging endeavours. And we are definitely not on the right track to...
Pointing fingers in politics
Political campaigns are often filled with negativity and conflict. To convince voters of their qualification for office, politicians are...
Who’s watching you?
Do you feel monitored when you are using digital technologies? Most of the people that I've asked this question immediately said "yes"....