Fake News is BS: Here’s What You Might Want to Know
Guest Post by Sydney Brogden What do fake news, clickbait, misinformation, and yellow journalism all have in common? They all fit under the broader umbrella of bullshit (BS). BS is communication that demonstrates little or no concern for truth, evidence, or established…knowledge” [1]. This implies that BS-ing is more about the impression the communication creates […]
Guest Post: Are the Likes Worth It?
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: Social Media and You: What questions about social media haven’t we asked ourselves?
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
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 […]
Guest Post: Checking our Online Behaviour for Digital Blackface
Checking our Online Behaviour for Digital Blackface by Estelle Frank In today’s digital age, we have more tools at our disposal to express ourselves virtually than ever before. From memes to GIFS to emojis to Bitmojis, visual representations of the emotion we may want to convey online is easily done on messaging or social media […]
“The Social Dilemma”: An Aftermath of Change?
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: […]
Digital Activism
Digital Activism by Victoria McAuley and Dominique Rivera “Political engagement is as old as politics itself (Braddick, 2014), but social media has changed the game for many activists around the globe. From #metoo to Kony2012, social media activism is creating a platform to disseminate ideas quickly and to compel people to join causes; […]
DT Podcast: Episodes 3, Social Media and Santa Ono, is now available
The Digital Tattoo Podcast: Episode 3, Social Media and Santa Ono In this episode, we sit down with the President of the University of British Columbia and talk about everything social media. Professor Santa Ono uses Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Youtube, and Facebook to communicate with students, faculty, and staff. We discuss how he came to […]
Digital Tattoo experiences Twitter hijacking
In the age of passwords and countless online accounts, it would appear that even the most informed are at risk! Last week the Digital Tattoo Project fell victim to a Twitter hacking. We first became aware of the issue when we noticed that the Twitter name of the account in question had been changed to the […]
Connecting Social Media and Canadian Supreme Court Ruling
A decision issued on October 19 by the Supreme Court of Canada stated that writers and publishers cannot be held liable for online publications that hyperlink to defamatory content. While the world of professional online writers and publishers were gasping a sigh of relief in the wake of the court’s ruling, the unprecedented decision likely […]
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