How rising stars come to fame on social media -- and impact you Many have heard that winning the lottery will completely alter your life within 24 hours. Similarly, accumulating millions of...
The Power of influence
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Sports consumption changing
How today's teenagers are engaging with pro sports Teenagers don’t seem to care about sports anymore— at least live sports. TV viewership for sports is dropping; many kids and teens have never...
TIKTOK: 9-month timer ticking
The most populous country, about 18% of the world’s population, bans TikTok. The second most populated country makes its citizens use a watered-down version of the app. The country with the biggest...
Algorithms fuel bad trends
Algorithms fuel bad trends Ever been scrolling through TikTok or Instagram and you start seeing a lot of people taking part in the same activities or expressing the same ideas? These trends,...
No-go or al-GO-rithims?
How algorithms impact the world around us Have you ever been scrolling through social media and seen an ad about something you had previously been researching? Or perhaps you were having a...
Screen time: educational vs. recreational
How much is too much? Does it even matter? Tick tock, the clock strikes one through twelve, but on TikTok, the clock doesn't stop. Wake up, turn off your alarm, check the time, and swipe throughyour...
Attention Dwindles
Social media wreaks havoc on brains Eight out of ten people will skim this story's headline, but only two will read...
Social media steals your information
Social media's rise in the tracking and stealing of your personal information "I knew it was a bad decision the second...
Elon Musk takes on Twitter
Musk's purchase of social-media platform raises questions about free speech vs. responsible speech One of the first...
Social media & sports
Social Medias' Growing Impact on High School Sports "It was a dream come true, to be honest," were the words of senior...
Insurrection
Addressing the storming of the Capitol A failure in execution and preparation allowed the "Stop the Steal" protesters...
Opinion: Trump’s social media ban
Inflammatory remarks just kept coming, bringing down accounts A vast number of media outlets have banned President...
Snapchat snapped?
Snapchat snapped? Snapchat may be on a streak of loss of users Is Snapchat going the way of MySpace? Last quarter,...
Facebook psychology
How using social media affects your thinking Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg began selling the long-awaited Facebook...