In “Black Mirror: Nosedive”, the show manufactures a world where social media is so pervasive that people’s account scores become part of their identities. In this alternate reality, individuals are beholden to impress others and[…]

In Digital Fame and Fortune in the Age of Social Media, Gomez discusses the differences between celebrities, and the different types of celebrities. Gomez goes into depth about the new world of influencers and how[…]

In the article, Time’s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet, the writers discuss the ways in which 25 people were able to have a global impact on social media. The article is set up[…]

in the “Black Mirror” episode Nosedive the show discusses an alternate reality where your social media activity and presence determined how you were judged in life as it controlled almost everything. Throughout the episode, we follow a[…]

In 2019 Time’s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet, different writers talk about 25 people who had global impact on social media and all of them had ability to drive news. Lil Nas X is[…]

In “Impression Management 2.0: The Relationship of Self-Esteem, Extraversion, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Presentation Within Social Networking Sites,” Stephan Winter and Nicole C. Kramer explore self-presentation on websites, arguing that self-efficacy with regard to impression management is[…]

TIME Magazine’s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet shows the list of the 25 people that had the greatest impact on social media in 2019. The list included musicians Lil Nas X, BTS, Ariana[…]

In Impression Management 2.0: The Relationship of Self-Esteem, Extraversion, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Presentation Within Social Networking Sites, Nicole C. Kramer and Stephan Winter show how self-efficacy plays a significant role in the online impression management of[…]

In Nicole Kramer and Stephan Winter’s Impression Management 2.0, they assess three personality traits that have been shown to influence how people present themself online. This research study begins by discussing how people can appear[…]

In “Social Media Activism, Self-Representation and the Construction of Political Biographies.”, Barassi argues that social media accounts are effectively “political biographies” and are especially important today due to the audience available to most activists. Barassi[…]

In Digital Fame and Fortune in the age of Social Media, Gomez suggests unified terms to clarify the range of social media fame from traditional celebrities to social media influencers by conducting a review of[…]

In 2019 Time’s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet, a group of writers highlight and discuss the 25 people and celebrities with the biggest glocal impact on social media, as well as their ability[…]

In The Benefits of Facebook ‘‘Friends:’’ Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites, the study addresses the power of Facebook and its impact on the communities within the platform. Specifically, the[…]

In The Social Network directed by David Finch, the story of Mark Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg, is followed to show how Zuckerberg created a new concept that eventually turned into Facebook.  The Social Network[…]

In George Floyd’s death shows the power of social media as the US continues to grapple with racial tensions, Kathryn Diss argues that social media has played an extremely big role in being able to[…]

The Social Network, directed by David Fincher, recounts the origins of Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin creating the widely known social platform Facebook. It discusses how Zuckerberg adopted this idea of a social platform where[…]

In The Culture of Connectivity (Chapter 1), Jose Van Dijck argues that the history and characteristics of online environments and communities are important to study and understand. Specifically, Van Dijick shows how necessary it is[…]

In “The Benefits of Facebook ‘Friends:’ Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites,” Nicole B. Ellison, Charles Steinfield and Cliff Lampe examine the relationship between use of Facebook and the formation[…]

In “The Social Network”, the directors portray the origin of Facebook.com and play with the crucial theme of ‘privacy’ as Mark Zuckerburg creates what is now one of the largest companies on earth. Privacy comes[…]

Director Jeff Orlowski used The Social Dilemma (2020) to argue that technology, and particularly social media, is catastrophically altering human behavior.  The documentary features many ex-employees of large technology companies such as Facebook, Google, Instagram,[…]

The Social Dilemma is a documentary film released in 2020 to exemplify the ways in which the technological world has taken over the lives of every single person around the world, and that it is[…]

In “Nosedive”, an episode of Black Mirror, an exaggerated version of our current world is displayed. In this dystopian society, in any given interaction, people can rate each other on a 1-5 scale. One’s average[…]

In George Floyd’s death shows the power of social media as the US continues to grapple with racial tensions, Kathryn Diss states several cases of conflict between the police and the black and asserts that social media gives[…]

In this article, the devastating death of George Floyd is discussed specifically in the context of social media’s pivotal role. While, unfortunately, police brutality-inflicted deaths happen often, they are consistently swept under the rug. However,[…]

In George Floyd’s death shows the power of social media as the US continues to grapple with racial tensions, Kathryn Diss argues that social media has been a powerful platform in spreading news about police[…]

In The Social Network, the producers discuss the formulation of Facebook through short vignettes and legal testimony from two lawsuits against Mark Zuckerberg by the Winklevoss twins and Eduardo Saverin for their respective roles in[…]