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Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Limits of Political Discourse on Social Media

When Russian troops crossed the Ukrainian border on February 24, 2022, I naively thought most online commentators would drop their digital personas and unite over helping those who are most effected by the war. But even the threat of World War III was not able to stop popular social media…

Ukraine

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Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Limits of Political Discourse on Social Media
Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the Limits of Political Discourse on Social Media
Ukraine

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Neil Young’s Stand Against Misinformation on Spotify Draws Curious Responses

Recently, legendary musician Neil Young took a stand against misinformation on Spotify, an audio streaming and media services provider founded in 2006. “I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform. They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. …

Neil Young

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Neil Young’s Stand on Spotify Misinformation Draws Curious Responses
Neil Young’s Stand on Spotify Misinformation Draws Curious Responses
Neil Young

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Jan 25, 2022

Are We Powerless Against Social Media Feeds?

By choice or by necessity, many have accepted the ways in which social media companies deliver information to the public. …

Social Media

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Are We Powerless Against Social Media Feeds?
Are We Powerless Against Social Media Feeds?
Social Media

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Jan 27, 2021

Analyzing Search Results For ‘Medicare For All’ On YouTube

In 2018, YouTube’s product chief Neal Mohan revealed that more than 70% of the total time spent watching videos on the site is determined by artificial intelligence. …

Medicare For All

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Analyzing Search Results For ‘Medicare For All’ On YouTube
Analyzing Search Results For ‘Medicare For All’ On YouTube
Medicare For All

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Dec 22, 2020

Experiencing Social Media Without Ads

“Ours is the first age in which many thousands of the best-trained individual minds have made it a full-time business to get inside the collective public mind.” - Marshall McLuhan, The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man (1951) Social media without advertising is an idea that sounds too good to…

Social Media

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Experiencing Social Media Without Ads
Experiencing Social Media Without Ads
Social Media

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Aug 19, 2020

Blue Crown — No Clues

Sickness was spreading in the country of the Blue Crown.

Politics

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Politics

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Aug 14, 2020

How Social Media Divide and Conquer Their Users

As a progressive who works in digital marketing, I often wonder how those who spend time on social media in the name of progressive principles (universal healthcare, getting big money out of politics, stopping endless wars, paying a fair wage, affordable housing, etc.) …

Social Media

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How Social Media Divide and Conquer Their Users
How Social Media Divide and Conquer Their Users
Social Media

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Jul 25, 2020

What is Cancel Culture? No One Seems to Know.

What is cancel culture? A number of politicians, journalists, authors, and pundits have passionate opinions about it, but I’ve yet to see a precise description of the phenomenon. As far as I can tell, those concerned with “cancel culture” generally describe it as mob mentality through which groups of people…

Cancel Culture

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What is Cancel Culture? No One Seems to Know.
What is Cancel Culture? No One Seems to Know.
Cancel Culture

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Jul 6, 2020

Can We Escape Our Addiction to Social Media?

I know what you are thinking: “Yet another article on social media where someone is going to yap about polarization and algorithms, and what it all means for the state of our democracy.” I don’t think the problem is that complicated. The way I see it, many of us are…

Social Media

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Can We Escape Our Addiction to Social Media?
Can We Escape Our Addiction to Social Media?
Social Media

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Jul 2, 2020

ProgressiveSpeaker.com — a Free Directory for Progressives

I remember when Facebook descended into my life. All of my friends were ditching MySpace, the largest social networking site back then, and flocking to the book of faces, drunken affairs, relationship statuses, psychological experiments, and your friends from elementary school. I didn’t think much of Mr. …

Facebook

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ProgressiveSpeaker.com — a Free Directory for Progressives
ProgressiveSpeaker.com — a Free Directory for Progressives
Facebook

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