Tag: TikTok
Ukraine’s Twitter account is a national version of real-time trauma processing
Jessica Maddox, University of Alabama
TikToks of cats in cardboard tanks. Flirty comments on Instagram accounts dedicated to Vladmir...
West Elm Caleb and the rise of the TikTok tabloid
Jenna Drenten, Loyola University Chicago
Can you believe Makayla was dropped from Bama Rush? Do you think Couch Guy...
There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit –...
Jill Vasbinder, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
In January 2020, 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon created what would become one of...
#MeToo on TikTok: Teens use viral trend to speak out about...
Christia Spears Brown, University of Kentucky
A recent TikTok video that has been liked by almost half a million...
How social media turns online arguments between teens into real-world violence
Caitlin Elsaesser, University of Connecticut
The deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in January exposed the power of social...
How TikTok is upending workplace social media policies – and giving...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
As the Thanksgiving holiday was winding down, a medical center in Salem, Oregon, found itself in the middle of...
3 internet language trends from 2019, explained
Zachary Jaggers, University of Oregon and Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk, University of Oregon
Social media has created an entirely new linguistic ecosystem, with new words, phrases...
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Philosophical toolkit in tow, scholar travels to conflict zones
Carlos Fraenkel, McGill University
Over the past few years, I’ve organized philosophy workshops around the world: with students at Palestinian and Indonesian universities, Hasidic Jews...
