Picture this: you pick up your phone right before going to bed and open up TikTok––the usual routine for many.
You start by watching a heartwarming video of someone saving an animal that was abandoned...
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With the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have turned to social media platforms to stay connected and entertained. Online platforms such as Instagram and Twitter have allowed individuals...
Nothing says throwback more than university students age-regressing back to middle school while stuck inside on a snow-day by reviving Yik Yak.
Yik Yak is a geolocation-based social media platform with...
In Dec. 2021, 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields was found dead at her apartment in Bridgeport, Conn. after she reportedly went on a date with a white man, identified as Matthew LaFountain. LaFountain was...
On Oct. 28, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg held an online keynote presentation titled “Connection is Evolving and so are we.” In an hour and ten-minute presentation, he laid out the framework...
Mia Adduci, Contributing Writer
• November 16, 2021
In recent weeks, voices seeking to speak out against the actions of pop-punk band All Time Low (ATL) have gained increasing traction for attention online. As a result, the band elected to speak out in...
Over the course of a year, we have heard too many conspiracies behind TikTok; anything from it being a spying device under China’s reign to Howie Mendel being held captive and hiding secret distress...
What were you doing on April 24, National Rape Day? I fear this is a question that my kids will one day ask me. And what makes that notion so profoundly sad is I will be able to give them an answer: I...
There is unlimited information at our fingertips; we are constantly being bombarded with news articles, updates from political officials and misinformation. For better or worse, the fast-changing nature...
On Jan. 8, former President Donald J. Trump was banned from Twitter, as the site claimed he directly violated their policy. In the wake of the former president’s ban, the path forward for social media...
Selena Soto, Contributing Writer
• November 16, 2020
TikTok, the viral video-sharing app, is popular among Generation Z teens, with more than 2.3 billion all-time downloads and 100 million users throughout the U.S., says the Business Insider.
Despite...
In this day and age, the term celebrity is broad. There is a spectrum, ranging from professional celebrities, like recording artists and actors, to the more modern, unconventional celebrity, including...
In today’s society, individuals care more about likes on their social media pages, than things that hold more value and substance.
In the United States, 77 percent of the surveyed population uses...
In the era of social media, your personal business becomes everyone’s business. And if you are in the public eye, it’s even worse. It’s your friends, family, and the rest of the world who get to...
Sabrina Chang, Contributing Writer
• December 15, 2017
According to statista.com, 81 percent of the United States population has some type of social media profile. Facebook leads the social media world with over 1.94 billion monthly active users as of 2017....
