Guest Post: Are the Likes Worth It?
By Rachael Bradshaw on October 19, 2021 | Tagged with facebook, Instagram, likes, Mental Health, Social media, Twitter
Are the Likes Worth It? by Sarah Robertson With the introduction of modern social media came the “like system”: a metric system which publicly reveals the positive interaction a person has received with a piece of content created for their audience, whether it be the general public or a select group of followers. Users were […]
Guest Post: Chubby Cheeks, Tiny Hands, and Digital Footprints
By Rachael Bradshaw on July 13, 2021 | Tagged with Digital Footprint, Digital identity, digital tattoo, Instagram, Online Safety, privacy, Social media
Chubby Cheeks, Tiny Hands, and Digital Footprints By Kira Vandermeulen We’ve all seen those sweet posts featuring snaps of our friend’s baby with chubby cheeks and little hands. Today, social media is filled with children. This only makes sense: what with kids being so cute, why wouldn’t you Instagram it? However, as it becomes easier […]
Guest Post: Social Media and You: What questions about social media haven’t we asked ourselves?
By Rachael Bradshaw on May 4, 2021 | Tagged with Digital identity, facebook, Instagram, Online Safety, sharing, Social media, Twitter
Social Media and You: What questions about social media haven’t we asked ourselves? by Annika Marshall “To capture the world’s moments.” [1] That’s the motto that caught everyone’s attention when Instagram first kicked off in 2010. However, the motto is missing a key detail – “with a filter on top.” Social media was once advertised […]
Guest Post: The Many Sides of Being Social
By Rachael Bradshaw on March 10, 2021 | Tagged with digital citizenship, Digital identity, facebook, Instagram, Social media, social_network, surveillance, Twitter
The Many Sides of Being Social by Alannah Berson In 2014, several drag queens found themselves locked out of their Facebook accounts because their names weren’t “authentic”. [1] The accounts had been flagged after Facebook instituted a “Real Name” policy that limits what types of usernames are allowed on the site and seeks to tie […]
“The Social Dilemma”: An Aftermath of Change?
By Rachael Bradshaw on December 22, 2020 | Tagged with data security, facebook, Instagram, online privacy, Social media, Twitter
When “The Social Dilemma” came out on Netflix earlier this year, it created a tremendous reaction of shock and alarm from its viewers. Even some of the most avid social media users were stunned at the practices that tech companies were performing right under their noses, and especially at one of the movie’s main claims: […]
Guest Post: Are Instagram Stories As Safe As You Think?
By Eseohe Ojo on March 2, 2020 | Tagged with Digital Security, Instagram, Instagram Stories, Online Safety
Guest Post: Are Instagram Stories As Safe As You Think? By Priyaa Sathiyaseelan In the year 2006, Time magazine chose the People of the year to be You – to recognize the millions of people who anonymously contribute user-generated content to Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook, and the multitudes of other websites featuring user contribution. Because without […]
Guest Post: Look at Me! Look at Me!: Instagramming an Altered Version of Ourselves
By Eseohe Ojo on February 18, 2020 | Tagged with Digital identity, Instagram, Online Presence, Social media
Guest Post: Look at Me! Look at Me!: Instagramming an Altered Version of Ourselves By Delicia Ansalem Many young people, myself included, rely on social media quite a lot. As a visual platform, it’s easy to share experiences within seconds, sometimes even over-documenting. Overall, a person’s profile and highlights can say a lot about them. […]
Opinion: Why I Deleted my Instagram and Haven’t Looked Back
By defne inceoglu on November 6, 2019 | Tagged with facebook, followers, Instagram, Social media, social presence
One day in December 2018, in the throes of the tail end of my first semester of graduate school, I examined my iPhone’s Screen Time application. This new iOS app had been introduced not too long ago, just earlier in the year. What I saw left a knot in my stomach. I couldn’t believe it! […]
A Failed Instagram Experiment.
By samantha summers on October 23, 2019 | Tagged with Gender, Instagram, privacy
Back in the summer, I had what I thought was an excellent idea. I would open a new Instagram account and, for one month, try to live life like an influencer. I hoped it would be an experiment that shed some light on the impact living a public digital life could have on a person. […]
Digital Grievance
By dominique rivera on March 28, 2019 | Tagged with Digital Grievance, facebook, Grievance, Instagram, Social media
Digital Grievance By Dominique Rivera For anyone born in or after 2004, Facebook has been active for their entire lives. For some, there has never been an option not to have a digital identity. From the moment they were born, their parents were posting their baby pictures online. Trying to have control over your own […]
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