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approach often requires preparation, and its occurrence often demands a response. Many …

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their death. This may include social media profiles, photos, blogs or gaming profiles. Some …

Over the past two decades, social media have become a crucial and omnipresent cultural
and economic phenomenon, which has seen platforms come and go and advance …

We connect the notion of the consumer as 'dividual'to contemporary automation of consumer
culture. By envisioning the issue within a semiocapitalist horizon, we ponder the general …

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by moving beyond classic studies of death that emphasised the importance of the death …

Society is becoming increasingly dependent on data-rich,“Big Tech” platforms and social
networks, such as Facebook and Google. But what happens to our data when these …

As digital technologies become more prevalent there is a growing awareness of the
importance of good security and privacy practices. The tools and techniques used to achieve …

This article seeks to understand why so little is known about the nature and extent of 'fake or
spam accounts' across the leading social media companies, why this lack of knowledge is …

Erkki compiled the text at the Future Technology Lab of the University of Turku in Windhoek,
Namibia. He is thankful for the inspiring and encouraging discussions with his Namibian …