Tag: Social Media
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AI and Exploitation: Hating Drake Does Make You Deep
Edited by Boyana Nikolova and Alexander Mounsey While casually scrolling on Instagram, I came across a post from @champagnepapi—better known as Drake. The collection of photos included a shirt that read “Hating Drake Doesn’t Make You Deep.” As someone who closely followed the battle of Kendrick versus Drake, I was shocked to see the number…
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Social Media & The Rise of Modern Conservatism
Edited by Perryn Cote and Boyana Nikolova Social media, one of the hottest topics of the modern era, has profound impacts on every sector of our lives. Most teenagers and young adults will be influenced by social media in one way or another at some point in their lives. Social sites, such as TikTok and…
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The Dual Role of Humour in Politics
Edited by Travis Denson Cover Photo by Rodz Oporto and Mehek Saini “ Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politics as a joke.” Nearly a century later, Will Rogers’ words feel written for today’s political landscape. In an era where a Saturday Night Live sketch can command more attention than…
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Influence For Hire: How Celebrities Have Hijacked Your Ballot
Edited by Sara Jarrar and Boyana “Oprah Winfrey’s endorsement of Barack Obama prior to the 2008 Democratic presidential primary had statistically and politically significant effects on Obama’s political outcomes…increas[ing his] share of the vote and… [monetary] campaign contributions… as well as… [the] overall level of voter participation [by an estimated one million additional votes]” (Garthwaite…
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The System is Winning
It’s 1:42 AM on a Wednesday. My eyes are dry. I can’t even keep them open. The sweet seduction of sleep is pulling me in, yet I fight to stay awake. Not to do anything important, just to rot my brain away. Doomscrolling. Despite the inherently addictive nature of social media, the most frightening thing…