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A young man with a blue shirt and orange hair stares, nay, is transfixed by smartphone. His eyes swirl in a whirling pool of red and yellow, drool crawling down his chin as the phone's light shines brightly in his face, contrasting against the dark purple background.

Doom-Scrolling Dooms Media as We Know it

Cerasela Hanseter, University of California, Berkeley

Doom-scrolling is doing more than just ruining our attention spans: it is transforming news and media as an enterprise.…

April 21, 2024

White People Will Learn, Black People Will Relish: Hulu’s ‘Black Twitter: A People’s History’ Moves Beyond the Screen

Roberto Soto

The upcoming Hulu series is an essential piece of American historiography from the perspective of Black people.…

March 9, 2024

Two pink hands are typing at a laptop on a purple table against a pink background littered with writings and documents. The laptop has a blue screen containing an inkwell and a sheet of paper with scribbles on it, presumably this writer's latest piece of work.

Verse in the Digital Age: A New Perception of Poetry

Sarah Erin, Brooklyn College

From Micropoems to Spoken Word, social media sites like Instagram and TikTok is redefining what it means to consume modern poetry.…

March 4, 2024

#JacksBowls and #MeToo Are at Each Other’s Necks on Twitter

Jamie Lovley, University of Maine

Nothing makes workplace harassment palatable like teriyaki sauce.…

August 10, 2018

A Twitter Thread Discussing ‘Thin Privilege’ Has Gone Viral

Rebecca Crosby, American University

When Cora Harrington posted the now-infamous Twitter thread, she had no idea the backlash it would cause.…

July 24, 2018

This Week in Weird Twitter Beef: Elon Musk vs. Thai Cave Rescue Diver Vern Unsworth

Katie Sheets, University of Vermont

What's even going on anymore.…

July 16, 2018

The Strangers-on-a-Plane Meet-Cute Shows Exactly How Online Misogyny Works

Rebecca Crosby, American University

'Be careful what you post online' applies way more to women.…

July 10, 2018

The Best Twitter Clapbacks of 2018 So Far

Rachel Hall, Augustana College

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the pettiest of them all?…

July 8, 2018

You Don’t Need a Dick to Have Big Dick Energy

Cameron Andersen, New York University

All it takes is a certain je ne sais quoi, and maybe Ariana Grande will want to marry you, too.…

July 2, 2018

Apparently, The Onion Hates Facebook Just As Much As Everyone Else Does

Cameron Andersen, New York University

The satirical site let loose on a Twitter tirade against Facebook that was equal parts funny and disturbing.…

June 18, 2018

Thanks to an Ironic Meme, Millie Bobby Brown Has Deactivated Her Twitter

Cameron Andersen, New York University

The #TakeDownMillieBobbyBrown meme has gone much, much too far. …

June 15, 2018

The Best Twitter Responses to the New IHOb Campaign

Cameron Andersen, New York University

I hope IHOb knew what they were doing with this one.…

June 13, 2018

4 Upsides (and the Big Downside) of Alternative Social Media

Ryan Secard, College of Wooster

Facebook and Twitter dominate today's social media landscape, but with bad press popping up left and right, it might not stay that way forever.…

June 11, 2018

The Top 10 Trolls from Dictionary.com’s Twitter Account

Jenna Cramer, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

The page approaches hot topics with genius satire.…

June 8, 2018

The Best 13 Twitter Clapbacks to Roseanne Barr’s Tweet

Alexis Rogers, Temple University

Ambien. May cause dry mouth, nausea or uncontrollable compulsion to tweet racist drivel. Consult your doctor today…

May 31, 2018

Stan Twitter’s Role in Transforming Fandom

Jade Hookham, UC San Diego

Before the digital age, the experience of being a fan vastly differed from how it is today. Then came along stan Twitter.…

May 16, 2018

Top 5 April Fools Advertisements on Twitter in 2018

Emilie Romero, University of Nevada

Unfortunately, most products you saw on Twitter on April Fools Day probably aren't real.…

April 2, 2018

Instagram’s Latest Algorithm Is Hurting Small Businesses and Artists

Onaje McDowelle, University of Texas at Austin

If you’ve noticed some funny business going on with your Instagram feed, you aren’t alone.…

February 16, 2018

Swaths of Twitter Followers Are Disappearing Following an Investigation

Erin Alexander, Middle Tennessee State University

After an exposé detailed the black market for purchasing social media followers, scores of users have seen their Twitter followers drop.…

February 2, 2018

Why Are People Eating Tide Pods?

Cheryl Sutton, Purdue University

It started as a joke, but then the internet, as usual, took it a step too far.…

January 24, 2018

The Top 10 News Stories on Minorities

Cheryl Sutton, Purdue University

With high political tension across the country, 2017 was a dynamic year for all minorities, in both good ways and bad.…

January 17, 2018

The Logan Paul Scandal Could Teach People How to Handle Hate Better

Brandi Loving, St. Mary's University

In the aftermath of the Logan Paul scandal, it’s time to reflect on how angry tweeting isn’t going to help solve the issue at hand.…

January 15, 2018

How The Ringer Is Pushing Sports Media Forward

Patrick Murtha, Eastern Connecticut State University

Bill Simmons continues to strike gold with his multimedia conglomerate The Ringer, but how exactly have they separated themselves from the pack?…

January 12, 2018

Trump’s 8 Worst Tweets of 2018 (So Far)

Leslie Currie, University of Virginia

Yes, we’re only a week in. No, this list is not exhaustive.…

January 9, 2018

Improving Mental Health in Young People, One Buddy at a Time

Lizzy Spangler, University of North Texas

Gabby Frost’s non-profit, Buddy Project, pairs people up with the goal to improve the mental health of young people all over the world.…

December 29, 2017

Do It for the Vine: Will Vine 2 Live Up to the Hype?

Lauren Lambert, Southeastern Louisiana University

Dom Hoffman, a co-founder of Vine, hints at a new version of the app, Vine 2, and people are torn between believing the hype and doubting the revival.…

December 14, 2017

3 Reasons Why the President Should Not Be Allowed on Twitter

Megan Bender, Citrus College

Twitter's new 280-character limit is all fun and games until the president starts to use it for his rants, insults and misuse of classified information.…

November 30, 2017