Social Media Bans Are About More Than Just Free Speech February 21, 2021February 21, 2021Praveen Nair 3 Last Monday, following over a month in exile after being dropped from Amazon Web Services, Google’s Play Store, and Apple’s App Store, the ...
The New TikTok Challenge February 21, 2021February 21, 2021Nelson Espinal 3 As TikTok grows in popularity, people are turning to the platform for more than dances and absurd content. The platform is becoming a ...
Constant Connectivity in the COVID-19 Era Proves Toxic, Harmful to Health January 17, 2021January 17, 2021Marcella Barneclo 2 I used to avoid checking my average daily screen time. A part of me preferred to stay in a bubble of ignorance and ...
Society has a Toxic Obsession with Productivity April 26, 2020December 21, 2020Pankhuri Kohli When I first began to shelter in place, the idle time made my mind turn to mush. As a high-achieving college student, I ...
Social Media Influencers must stop Spreading COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories April 26, 2020December 21, 2020Julia Nee The production of conspiracy theory content from media influencers adds to the exponential rise of conspiracy theory popularity. The rise of conspiracy theories undermines ...
Social Media Influencers and Advertisers need to Support Users’ Mental Health During Quarantine April 19, 2020December 21, 2020Zara Irshad Entering the fourth week of online classes and for most of us, with quarantine, it has been easier than ever to fall down ...
Can I Venmo You? The Workings of the Money-Transferring App January 26, 2020January 26, 2020Lanlily Nguyen 5 Processing more than $27 billion worth of transactions in 2019 alone, Venmo has made spending and splitting much easier for college students. But ...
Why Social Media Companies Should Ban Clickbait November 26, 2019November 26, 2019Julia Nee It is not uncommon to be scrolling through any type of social media and come across countless clickbait hyperlinks. Clickbait, as defined by ...
I Tried Deleting All My Social Media Apps, and This Is What Happened April 10, 2019December 21, 2020Jade Hookham No, I haven’t suddenly become a BuzzFeed video producer with this article title. Over this past spring break, I did a lot of ...
Clubs on Campus Must Stop Making Their Members Use Facebook January 28, 2019April 5, 2019Geena Roberts It’s Week 1 of Fall Quarter, and amidst the aesthetic fliers, catchy rush slogans, and smiling faces on Library Walk, four words repeatedly ...