"The downside is as social media becomes a place to post rants, and raves, and hatred and things, there’s nobody that monitors what’s true and what’s not true—somebody can post something just to get a reaction.”
Posts tagged as “social media”
The Sting of Social Media
By Hannah Brewster on October 10, 2017
On an average day, 81 percent of Americans will use perhaps one of the most powerful instruments in modern day life: social media. Most everyone…
Detachment in an age of digital connection
By Hannah Brewster on February 2, 2017
In a world where everyone we know is at the touch of a button, why do we feel so alone?
Freedom of tweets: politics in a social media era
By Jake Whiteley on January 24, 2017
“I feel like blocking them isn’t not being able to handle dissenting opinions because I hear them every day, but it’s only when I feel like they’re really being harmful. I don’t need that on my timeline," senior Laura Shodall said.
News Brief: kindergarteners going to college, Derek Fisher and social media changes
By Michaela Lawson on February 12, 2016
Headlines from Feb. 8-12: Strangers pledge $1 million to put 26 kindergartners through college (CNN) A California couple, Marty and Seon Burbank, have pledged $1…