digital-media

The European Commission has unveiled its plans for digital sovereignty. Its proposals betray a disappointing lack of vision Beti Hohler is a Slovenian national who lives in the Netherlands. Like tens of millions of other Europeans, she uses Apple’s app store and has an Amazon account. When she travels for work or leisure, she may want to book a place on Airbnb or Booking, using a credit card issu…

They gave smartphones to 10 women from a working-class Indian community to make a documentary about their unseen and unheralded lives. The results are .... pretty cool.

You might have a relationship with your computer, phone, television, and other tech devices, but they don't have a relationship with you. How much should you invest emotionally?

IntroductionDigital competence is a critical component of 21st-century skills and a key enabler of effective teaching and learning. Despite the widespread use of the DigComp framework for evaluating digital competence, empirical validation of instruments aligned with the updated DigComp 2.2 remains limited, particularly in African teacher education contexts. This study aimed to adapt and validate…

USC researchers’ CT scans of two Egyptian mummies demonstrate the power of advanced imaging technologies to bridge the gap between the present day and the ancient world. The post Scanning the past: USC researchers use CT Scans and 3D printing to unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian mummies appeared first on USC .

USC researchers’ CT scans of two Egyptian mummies demonstrate the power of advanced imaging technologies to bridge the gap between the present day and the ancient world. The post Scanning the past: USC researchers unlock ancient secrets with cutting-edge technologies appeared first on USC .

Voltron may sound like an ointment for back pain, but the reboot Legendary Defender demonstrates that there's more to the big stompy robots concept than meets the eye.

Editors’ Summary: This post considers the extent to which the field of DH has embraced the principles of Data Feminism once the initial buzz died down. The author notes how DH is increasingly being shaped by machine learning tools and data-driven methods, making the need for a robust ethical framework for the field more urgent […]

The newest Kindle Scribe means there are now three digital notebooks you can buy in the $400 price range. Here’s which one you should get.

Renewed outrage at White House’s use manga and anime imagery after US president is depicted as ninja Naruto Japanese anime and manga fans are urging Donald Trump to stop using their favourite characters in his social media posts. About 20,000 people have signed a petition on Change.org entitled Protect Japanese Manga, protesting against the official White House X account posting videos featuring …

IntroductionMobile extended reality (XR) heritage storytelling is increasingly experienced on smartphones in short, interruptible sessions, where behavioral intention may be shaped by immediate in-use responses rather than extended post-experience reflection. Using the Great Wall E-tour (云游长城) WeChat Mini Program as the research context, this study examines how technical appraisal, narrative desi…

This summer’s hottest rivalry no longer belongs to the BBC and ITV, but football’s online and streaming presence For the first time since the BBC and ITV began sharing World Cup coverage in 1966 their local rivalry will not be the main broadcasting battleground this summer. In keeping with the first World Cup staged across three countries the expanded 48-team tournament will play out as a global …

Though it feels as if it has little to do with the games series it is based on, this groundbreaking film endures as a milestone for CGI animation, with a stellar voice cast In 1987, after working on several games that were only moderate successes, Japanese game designer Hironobu Sakaguchi proposed a game that would be his last attempt to make a hit. Aptly titled Final Fantasy, Sakaguchi’s game ac…

With a big opening weekend for "The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act," digital-native stories prove they can resonate at the box office — if they're authentic.

This is a submission for the June Solstice Game Jam What I Built Beat the Oracle is a free-to-play World Cup 2026 prediction game where you go head-to-head with an algorithm. An "Oracle" — a prediction engine built on 125 years of international football results — has already simulated the entire tournament. It rates all 48 teams, decides every match with a single probability formula, and runs the…

Dataland, the world's first museum of AI arts, is set to open in downtown L.A. on June 20. Arriving as debate about AI reaches new heights, Dataland seeks to place an experience of the natural world squarely in the digital realm.

Editors’ Summary: This article uses two case studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of newly developed algorithms designed to detect rhyme within the ELTE Poetry Corpus, which includes the complete works of 53 canonical Hungarian poets. The author used this rhyme pattern detecting algorithm to generate a rhyming dictionary of Hungarian poetry, as well as an […]

This spring, six CDH Graduate Fellows arrived with their research in progress, asking six different questions across multiple disciplines ranging from History and Comparative Literature to Music and English. Their findings? Working with data and computational methods rarely unfolded the way they expected, and while oftentimes arduous, the labor uncovered “strange and beautiful” discoveries. "We a…

This project analyzes how sports broadcasting has evolved amid major technological, economic, and legal shifts. It examines the rise of streaming platforms, the fragmentation of viewing options, and the financial pressures reshaping production models and regional networks. This study was done by conducting interviews with individuals who are directly involved in the industry and have insight into…

The rapidly evolving relationship between technology, journalism, media, and democratic societies presents some of the most important challenges and opportunities of our time. From artificial intelligence and digital platforms to data governance, misinformation, civic engagement, and public interest technology, addressing these issues requires collaboration across disciplines, professions, and co…