Social media

2 years 7 months ago

TikTok is proof that we can't outrun toxic diet culture

While traditional media may have eased up on the promotion of diet culture in recent years, social media allows anyone to grow a platform and advocate for dangerous standards of beauty. On TikTok, gaining that platform is now easier than ever.Continue...

2 years 8 months ago

Balancing media consumption with artistic production

In the digital age, it’s easy to conjure up reasons not to make art and a lot harder to call yourself
an artist.Continue...

3 years 3 weeks ago

It’s time to rethink our social media expectations

Technology has granted us knowledge in seconds, but access to everyone else as well. There are countless memes out there about how we expect a response to a text a minute before we’ve even sent it.Continue...

3 years 1 month ago

Analyzing how to become a TikTok superstar

On Super Bowl Sunday,Sabra Hummus aired the most underwhelming commercial to grace 99.9 million screens.Continue...

3 years 5 months ago

How to make social media a positive force in your life

Social media can be a useful tool for keeping in contact with your family, completing schoolwork, and staying on top of the latest news. But if you overdo or misuse it, social networking sites can also have serious ramifications on your mental health.Continue...

3 years 5 months ago

Climate crisis exposure on social media is the first step to saving the planet

Climate crisis exposure on social media is the first step to saving the planet.Continue...

3 years 5 months ago

Social media platforms need to do more to censor hate speech

The Internet is an excellent forum for sharing ideas—until hateful dialogue across social media leads to violence in the real world.Continue...

3 years 6 months ago

Today’s digital world hinders meaningful romantic relationships

You’ve been there before: it’s Friday night, and you’re swiping mindlessly through Tinder with hundreds of possible hookups at your fingertips.Continue...

3 years 6 months ago

Breaking down why we’re obsessed with celebrity relationships

The planet may be dying, Western politics may be at an extremist tipping point, and life-threatening weather may be ripping through the Bahamas, but celebrity breakups somehow still make national headlines.Continue...

3 years 6 months ago

Through Hong Kong protests, social media has become a battleground

For the last five months, Hong Kong has experienced some of the largest protests in its history. Now, the battle is no longer taking place solely in the streets of Hong Kong—it’s moving onto social media.Continue...