social media
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I have a finstagram and you should too
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When I was in high school and got my first social media account, I remember my mom telling me to be careful about what…
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What is cancel culture?
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Within the past few years, the idea of “cancelling” someone over things they have said or done has grown exponentially. Cancel culture is no…
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Editorial: How media can make the world look worse
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A few weeks ago, one my friends told me that he felt as if the general population of the world is sadder than it…
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Becoming social media savvy
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As I type this, I am currently engaged in two separate, on-going conversations with my significant other, several multi-platform conversations with my colleagues and…
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Filters, festivals and fake followers
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Music festival season is a time where social media is flooded with photos of Valencia filtered girls in distressed shorts, flower crowns and chokers.…
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Wendy’s social media serves up fresh roasts
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If you have been on Twitter recently, you may have inexplicably noticed an abundant amount of fan art depicting the mascot for the Wendy’s…
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Unsigned: Crime, social media and the desire to witness violence
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The progression and evolution of social media has ensured that witnessing crimes, even while they’re in the process of taking place, can be readily…
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Unsigned: Ghosting Snapchat and the stress of real time social media
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You know that feeling of hearing about all of your friends having fun at a party that you weren’t invited to? In real time,…
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Poetry: a late but promising entrant to Instagram fame
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When Instagram came into the world six years ago, it was geared towards photographers. The point of this new social media platform was to…
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Beloved social media application, Vine, comes to a tragic end
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If you’ve never made one, you’ve definitely spent hours scrolling through them. Vine was one of the most popular video sharing services that left…
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