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Twitter and Teen Vogue

Autumn Hawkins

Alexi McCammond has resigned from her post as Teen Vogue’s editor-in-chief after some questionable social media posts have been brought to light. In 2011, McCammond made comments on social…

The toxicity of stan culture

Allison Reynolds

Nowadays, due to internet lingo and words taken from Twitter, when you like a music artist or band, it is said that you stan them. For example, I personally like…

Cancel Culture: helpful or harmful?

Allison Reynolds

It seems like every month, a new celebrity is being cancelled, but what exactly does that mean? Fox News defines being cancelled as, “being culturally blocked from having a prominent…

Trump vs Twitter—Censorship or Civic Duty?

Wren Brooke

Almost two weeks ago, Twitter permanently banned now-former President Trump’s account, citing several tweets violating their ‘Glorification of Violence policy.’ Is this an infringement of his free speech, or just…

Kim and Kanye…and Jeffree?!

Allison Reynolds

It’s no surprise that amidst the world trying to make 2021 a much better year than 2020, six days into the new year the Capitol Building was seized. In the…

Why Presidential Tweets are dangerous

Mary Hicks

For a President who speaks so strongly against voter fraud, it should come as a shock to hear him indirectly promote it. In a few of his most recent…

The predatory nature of Twitter philanthropy

Victoria Howard

Do a search on Twitter for “RT and I’ll send you $” and you can find hundreds of accounts offering free money, no contest, no questions asked. Do a little…

Do advertisers know you better than you do?

David Botzer

The rapid modernization of technology has led to phones tracking consumer behavior. But how much information about an individual's life is being obtained? Consumer data is being used as a…

Harmless fun or a marketing ploy?

Matt Thrift

Nothing revolutionized the field of advertising quite like the television. It opened up a new world to advertisers wherein they could flash their products across the screen to people who…

Social media: the new public forum

Sean Miller

Freedom of speech is supposed to be a guaranteed right we all have, however as it currently stands in our society, your right to speak will not always be guaranteed.…