In this example of culture jamming, infamous political graffiti artist Banksy humorously depicts the truths of social media users. Although the piece illustrates Instagram, the intended message can apply to many other social networks, such as Tumblr, Facebook, etc.…
What Has Social Media Done to Us?
The emergence of social media has become such a big part of our lives that so many people cannot live without checking the latest updates on the newsfeed on different social media every five minutes. Some may argue that social…
Instagram Life vs. Real Life
Instagram has revolutionize the social media with the idea of sharing images.The idea of sharing images is to provide a form of communication to share memories and experiences. The power of sharing images on the popular social media platform of…
Looking at a Practice of Journalism & Dissemination of News Among Worldwide Asian Diaspora.
Many of CCTVNews’s facebook status posts include screen snapshots of popular twitter feeds, use references to conversation on Twitter. But they rarely linked to longer, business-like articles. I used google to find the more legitimate-looking, ‘official’ versions of the CCTVNews articles on…
Instagram as News
By: Annahita Haghighi We all know Instagram for its countless pictures; whether it’s #cats or #foodporn Instagram users are dedicated to the social media application. While Instagram used to just be for viewing your friends’ pictures with its rise in…
Can Selfies be a Reliable Source of Evidence? (blog)
Sometimes uploading selfies online will leak confidential information about the user. Recently, a Russian solider named Alexander Sotkin casually posted a selfie on his Instagram, which exposed his location. Ironically, Sotkin was claimed to be a communication specialist by…