Spoilers in the Modern Age of Social Media

Have you ever been scrolling through your social media and come across a major plot…

Predicting Voter Behavior: Twitter vs Polls

The results of the 2016 US presidential election came as a shock to many people. Why is that? The media was conducting the same polls and surveys that they always do during elections in an attempt to gauge the support for each candidate at various points…

How disturbing YouTube Videos may affect children in the future.

With the advent of the internet, YouTube ™, and other social media sites, the amount of media content available to the public has skyrocketed. However, most of this content is unfiltered and sometimes even actively…

Here’s a Tip: Use Men’s Products

When an individual uses a razor, the individual should likely have body hair, right? Commercials love to depict women shaving their skin cells off rather than body hair. Why you ask? Because companies hate to depict women with real body hair — oh the horror.

Advertisements for Growing Up Too Fast

Advertisements and commercials have become such a large part of the media. While most people attempt to skip as much of the advertisements as they can, it is becoming harder to avoid. Some online media, like Facebook, have found a way to counteract people…

Overdrive: The Constant Use of Digital Effects in The Movies

There is one thing that movies have always had in common. You may think actors or great performances, but this is not necessarily the case. The answer lies in the thing that does exactly that; lies. Special effects (SFX) have…

How can we find out if ‘End of Times’ videos have an impact on people?