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Sometimes, a change of scenery can be daunting. That was certainly the case for Matthew Sponhour, who moved from South Carolina to Ohio in elementary school. And while living away from “home” can be...

Why don’t people read the news anymore? According to a study done by Pew Research, the amount of Americans who get their news from television has dropped nearly 10%, from 57% to 50%. This study was done in...

Alright, it’s time to address the looming presence that has been lurking at the top of our Snapchats. Recently, Snapchat released a new update that included an artificial intelligence bot–and users are...

As I’m sure any of you TikTok users have heard by now, our favorite social media platform is on the chopping block. The U.S. Congress is currently in the process of placing a ban on TikTok and people are...

Social media, like anything else, follows a quickly turning trend cycle. For instance, MySpace was popular circa 2005, then Facebook later in 2008 and so on. With those sites on the outs, the 2020s have some...

I’ve had my experiences with anonymous messaging apps since I was in the fifth grade. There have been apps like Yik Yak, which are geared toward college students, but I have distinct memories of an app that...

If I were to ask you to unlock your phone, open up your settings application and show me your screen time, would you be embarrassed? A few months ago, I would’ve run away from anyone who dared to ask me...

I am not proud to admit that I was one of those people who refused to get a Tik Tok account when the app first began to get popular at the end of 2019. All of my friends were talking about the platform and...

Social media has become a fairly dominant platform people use to voice their opinions and express themselves. However, this can be seen as controversial if employees of certain companies or organizations use...

Sophocles once said, “Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.”  This quote is flashed across the screen at the very beginning of a new documentary on Netflix, called “The Social...