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Katie Barr Katie Barr tells Impact Magazine all about social media addiction, the doom scrolling, and the need to check every notification. But most importantly, Katie debates if users can actually live without this stimulation. Scrolling through social media has become second nature for most of us. From checking... -
Australia has passed a law to ban children under 16 from using any social media site- what is a social media site has yet to be defined. The new law contains no details about how the ban will work, only that the companies will be expected to take reasonable... -
Sasha Andresier X (formerly known as Twitter) becomes alight as Charli XCX proclaims, in no uncertain terms, that ‘Kamala IS brat’ (X, 2024). Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is irrefutably changed as a result. In fact, this (what has since been claimed to be incidental) endorsement was fully acknowledged and... -
Ella Beadman Many Gen Zers have adopted the saying “I was born in the wrong generation” feeling that they identify more with previous fashion trends, music tastes, and the simpler lifestyles associated with earlier decades. Yet more often than not, it is easy to view the past as a... -
Soha Kassab Recently, the popularity of TikTok has increased, with a growing number of users using TikTok, due to the short videos, reels and high quality audio, alongside with content that is considered entertaining; such has online challenges, dancing, to name a few. However, TikTok also has a... -
Ella Beadman A cultural shift has seen an increase in the encouragement for independence, particularly through social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, whether it be through the new promotion of ‘low-maintenance friendships’, the prominence of ‘situationships,’ or the stigmatisation of the desire for romance. While the focus... -
Yasmine Medjdoub Many of us spend way more time than we would like on TikTok. Still, as it has become a popular (if not the most popular) way of staying up to date with news and current trends, many young people fear that deleting the app will lead to...
