(This article was cross-posted on the Masters of Media blog). Here’s the final version of my thesis (called ‘Persistence of Life-Streams – An Inquiry Into the Implications of Mixed Surveillance’) which covers the nature and implications of (participatory) surveillance in the field of social media, and specifically in life-streaming services like Twitter and Facebook. (PDF [...]

Still no news from the university officials, I must say, the pressure is getting to me by now. In the meanwhile, I’m catching up on some reading starting off with professor Geert Lovink’s Zero Comments. I must say, so far it’s a great publication (inside joke: and there’s nothing cynical nor snarky about this statement) [...]

With weeks of social isolation, and an increasing amount of repetitive strain injuries, last week was finally the time to hand in the New Media master thesis! After having the essential meetings and discussions with UvA professor R. Rogers (honestly, planning is still not my strongest point), I finally got some grip on the main [...]