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How Do Social Networking Sites Influence U.S. Civic Engagement?
Credit: Julie Carle, Bowling Green State University News Most social networking site users from the United States do not log on to...
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Apr 19, 20233 min read


Incivility and Distorted Content on Social Networking Sites
Credit: LA Johnson, NPR Social media entrepreneurs design social networking sites with the intention of establishing robust, digital...
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Apr 12, 20233 min read


How Digital Media Can Dismantle Stereotypes about American Scientists
Credit: Krzysztof and Marcin Janiec, Getty Images Personal branding is how individuals and companies want to be seen by their target...
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Apr 5, 20233 min read


The Power and Influence of Digital Media Users
Credit: Juliette Toma, Los Angeles Times During the late 1980s, cable television officially replaced public broadcast networks ABC, NBC...
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Mar 29, 20233 min read


Corporate Brand Activism: Authentic or Fake?
Credit: Giuseppe Caltabiano, Marketing Across Borders On May 25, 2020, teen bystander Darnella Frazier recorded a cellphone video of...
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Mar 22, 20233 min read


Examining the Negative Influences Social Media Applications Have on Body Image
Credit: Mackenzie Smith, Terrier Times Plastic surgery became prominent in the United States during the 1960s and grew rapidly in...
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Mar 8, 20233 min read


How Do Social Networking Sites Affect Mental Health?
Credit: Kelly Main, Inc Since the creation of the first true social networking site in 1997, digital media researchers have been studying...
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Feb 28, 20233 min read


Social Networks in the Twittersphere
Credit: Kacper Pempel, Reuters Twitter is an online microblogging site that has become one of the most prominent communication...
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Feb 22, 20233 min read


Bursting the Filter Bubble Concept
Credit: Richard Beech, Science Photo Library I first heard the term, ‘filter bubble,’ during my freshman year of college. My friend...
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Feb 15, 20233 min read


Digital Media Oligarchs Trap Internet Users to Maintain Influence and Power Online
Credit: Zdenek Sasek, Alamy My affinity for the Internet began in elementary school when my mom let me use her Microsoft desktop to play...
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Feb 7, 20233 min read


Understanding Digital Inequalities in the Age of Social Media
Credit: Francella Ochillo, Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Science & International Affairs Modern communication technologies shape...
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Feb 1, 20233 min read


What is Emerging Media? And Why Should we Care About it?
Credit: DALL•E 2, OpenAI Originally employed in the 1960s for government researchers to share data with each other during the Cold War,...
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Jan 25, 20234 min read
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