Bloody or Redundant
There is a common question amongst people in my age bracket, a telling anthropological detail for anyone keeping score in the future. It goes...
Backseat Moderating
It isn’t really my intention to get political in my Digital America column, because that kind of topic tends to almost immediately divide readers...
Social Media’s Double-Edged Sword: The Palatability of Privilege in the Transgender Community | Jane Ninivaggi
In February, of 2014, Blake Brockinton was crowned homecoming king at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, in December he led a...
My kind of social media
I’m antisocial. Sure, when I’m off at school it’s different. I’m in “people mode” so often that sometimes I forget just how much of...
U.S. Government Should “Turn Away” from Their Own Counter-Radicalization Program | Jane Ninivaggi
The White House hosted a Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, during which Obama discussed concrete steps world powers “can take to develop community-oriented approaches...
Anti-Social Media: The Failure of Government Counter-Radicalization Programs | Jane Ninivaggi
In my previous article, Twitter Terrorism: A Sophisticated Weapon in the War on Terror, I examined how social media has been exploited by extremist...
Social Media: Keeping Service Personnel Connected, One Deployment at a Time | Julia Hall
Lest I should not be able to write again, I feel impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye. I...
Digital Commemoration and an Online Afterlife, Part II
As the depth and complexities of living life online grow in magnitude, so does the urgency of developing ways to deal with death in...
How social media is changing Hollywood | Nicola Freedman
The advent of the digital age has significantly changed the strategies of filmmakers and—in particular—Hollywood. The marketing process, as well as the very window...
My thesis is me alone on google hangouts again | Mattea Lea
Judy’s right; “This is just an act” is dangerous. Rather, it denies a danger. “This is just a blog,” less (and more) so. I...