“Confused Nick Young”

Nick Young, also known as ‘Swaggy P’ is an NBA athlete and currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was drafted in…

Social Media As The Post-Truth Platform

IS SOCIAL MEDIA TO BLAME FOR OUR POST-TRUTH WORLD?

If you don’t post it, it’s not real or it didn’t happen. Posting content is almost a form of having proof of existence. The more you post, the more people know about you. The question…

How Social Media is Shaping Presidential Elections

What Role Will Social Media Play in the 2019 Elections?

One of the most important developments in election campaigns over the last couple of years has been the advent of social media. It has primarily changed the ways in which candidates and parties have conducted their campaigns. Social…

Hey Girl, You Should Totally Read This Story…

Q: Reverse-engineer a meme of your choice. Why & how did it go viral?

Too Lit to Politic: Social Media and its Role in Politics

In 2019, the world of social media could completely change as a whole, with new technologies being introduced and new ways that people will use these platforms, who knows what the effect will have on different things like…

Filter Bubbles: Should they be Bursted? Absolutely.

Does social media favour Populism and Demagoguery??

Should Social Media Companies Burst Filter Bubbles? : A Jumble of Thoughts

I have conflicting ideas about this topic. I usually have conflicting ideas about anything in my life, head versus heart. But this topic really has me on the fence between two sides.

Does Social Media Favour Populism and Demagoguery?

In a word, yes. But I don’t want to talk about Trump. I want to talk about a different kind of populism. Left wing people have populism too. Bernie Sanders is very far from what I consider a demagogue, but I’m sure to some he is. I went and…