TikTok's ForYouPage, an algorithm that creates a symbiotic relationship between user interest in trends and a means to satisfy these interests, has promoted the long-standing theme of body image dissatisfaction on social media apps. The more users continue to express interest in toxic body trends...
Well, there’s a name for that. A newstudyfrom Tulane University has found that contrary to popular belief, political outrage actually fuels social media engagement. While we typically prefer to engage with information that isconsistent with our current beliefs(and avoid information that isn’t),...
We considered alternative approaches, such as a regression discontinuity design, but their implementation was difficult due to the absence of clear trends in our time series data. Third, in the regression analysis, we used as much meta and textual information as we could think of for videos, ...
After 25 years researching this topic (and more than 100 publications), I take particular interest in cultural trends that encourage perfectionism — and weddings take the cake. Recommended from Editorial B.C. photographer must pay couple $22,000 for failing to deliver wedding photos for six year...
#BizTrends2019: Brands with purpose will change South Africa for the better Michael Baretta16 Jan 2019 The idea isn’t entirely new, since ‘consumer trust’ has always been one of the defining qualities of a healthy brand. But in an era where the internet and social platforms have given ...
He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the ...
Scroll through any social media site and you’ll see it teeming with workers sharing their experiences with toxic managers. The FlexJobs survey was no different, with 87% of respondents sharing they’ve worked with at least one toxic manager during their professional journey. While that leaves on...
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Toxic TikTok is a natural extension of the"villain era,"a trend that emerged in the spring as a rejection of the expectation of continuous personal growth. Instead, these internet trends embrace people’s most unfiltered form of self-preservation by encouraging straight women, in particular, to ...
Crystal Bell is the culture editor at Mashable, overseeing the site's coverage of content creators, digital trends, and internet culture with a focus on how young people engage with others and themselves online. She was formerly the entertainment director at MTV News, where she helped the brand...