Fake It Til You Make It: The Trouble With Internet News Hoax Sites
Did you hear about the deep fried rat at KFC? Or how about the two Floridians who were arrested for selling golden tickets to...
Social Media’s Double-Edged Sword: The Palatability of Privilege in the Transgender Community | Jane Ninivaggi
In February, of 2014, Blake Brockinton was crowned homecoming king at East Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, in December he led a...
#Blackout2015: A Tale of Bad Public Relations, An Unexpected Firing, and a Power Move by Reddit Moderators
I went on a little road trip to Vermont this past week with my girlfriend, spending some time in the mountains and enjoying the...
My kind of social media
I’m antisocial. Sure, when I’m off at school it’s different. I’m in “people mode” so often that sometimes I forget just how much of...
U.S. Government Should “Turn Away” from Their Own Counter-Radicalization Program | Jane Ninivaggi
The White House hosted a Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, during which Obama discussed concrete steps world powers “can take to develop community-oriented approaches...
Free* Internet
I read an interesting opinion piece on Wired earlier today regarding Facebook’s “Internet.org,” an ambitious program aimed at connecting millions of off-the-grid individuals to...
Inventing a Modern Holiday: May the 4th Be With You
May 4th was Star Wars Day, a day of commemoration for one of the most popular science fiction franchises in the world. How and...
Anti-Social Media: The Failure of Government Counter-Radicalization Programs | Jane Ninivaggi
In my previous article, Twitter Terrorism: A Sophisticated Weapon in the War on Terror, I examined how social media has been exploited by extremist...
Mileygram
My first girlfriend was a girl named Sara. We’d sit in the preschool hallways, hold hands, and sing “Nightmare Before Christmas” songs to each...
The Internet’s Identity Theft
Whenever I feel like annoying my girlfriend, I bombard her with cryptic quotes. My personal favorite comes from the one and only Bob Dylan,...