Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, and his controversial statements and decisions as its owner, have fueled a new wave of calls for regulating social media…
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A social media Expert Explains How The ‘Federated’ Network ‘Mastodon’ Works And Why It Won’t Be A New Twitter
In the wake of Elon Musk’s noisy takeover of Twitter, people have been looking for alternatives to the increasingly toxic microblogging social media platform. Many…
In the mid-1990s, there was research going on at Stanford University that would change the way we think about computers. The Media Equation experiments were…
Social Media Influencing: The Dark Side
Do you follow influencers on social media? Do you always check their posts? Do you find you’re spending too much time or becoming obsessed with…
The Occult On Social Media – WitchTok: The Rise Of The Occult Has Eerie Parallels With The 16th Century
It’s 1.30am in the morning, and I’m about to watch a duel between magicians. One is a “demonolater”, a word I have never heard before,…
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is now Twitter’s largest shareholder after acquiring a 9.2% stake in the social media platform for just under US$3…
An Ideology Of Social Change Is Behind The Crypto Hype
Ads for blockchain, NFTs and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin seem to be everywhere. Crypto technologies are being promoted as a replacement for banks; a new way…
TikTok, a social media platform targeted at young mobile phone users, was the second-most downloaded app in the world in 2019. It was the most…
Targeted Advertising On Social Media Drives People To Extremes
Have you had the experience of looking at some product online and then seeing ads for it all over your social media feed? Far from…
Comments About Twitter By Elon Musk Don’t Square With The Social Media’s Platform Reality
On April 25, 2022, Twitter’s board of directors accepted Elon Musk’s US$44 billion hostile takeover bid. Twitter’s statement announcing the deal included comments from the…