What do Creed and Shrek have in common? Of course, both embody the post-grunge anthems of the early 2000s, but more recently, these two icons are forming a new fandom with Gen Z, earning a delayed round of applause through memeification. As you’ve probably noticed, the resurgence of 2000s trends are relentless. We’re constantly dodging …
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‘The kids yearn for 2014 Tumblr’: Algorithms ruined the original intention of social media and left us uninspired
Though, to many of us, 2014 feels like yesterday, some young internet users are already nostalgic for that not-so-bygone era, one of indie pop, American Apparel, and reblogging moody gifs. It’s called «Tumblrcore» since the axis on which that nostalgia revolves is Tumblr, a social media platform that ruled a certain side of the internet …
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‘I don’t want to stoop to their level’: How the social hierarchy of X allowed a menswear expert and a scholar to create a new kind of Twitter celebrity
Back when everyone was still learning what virality was, internet fame seemed like a capricious beast. A guy could post a grainy lip dub of a Moldovan Eurodance tune, and then the song is sampled in a single that tops the Billboard Hot 100; a dad films his young kids joking around together for their …
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Why Doomscrolling is a Necessary “Evil,” Providing the Backbone for Informed Adults Navigating an Increasingly Murky World of Excess Information
Remember when the news was delivered straight to your door? Your daily informational pamphlet came couriered to your front porch, carried dutifully in the bicycle basket of the boy who lives down the street. Dad read the newspaper at breakfast, Mom flipped through a magazine with coffee circles on the cover, and your siblings fought …
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How Apple TV+’s Severance taught us a valuable lesson on the importance of physical marketing in a completely digital world: ‘It’s irreplaceable by any ad on our screens’
We live in a world filled to the brim with innovations and technological advancements, that cause everyone to look for new ways to excite their audiences. When it comes to advertising, we are well used to a reality in which we’re constantly bombarded with products and content, each begging for our attention and our dollar …
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‘They’re addicted to the convenience’: Debating the ethics of using food delivery apps satiates the internet’s appetites more than delivered food ever will
Food delivery discourse has defined «the app formerly known as Twitter» for the past 5 years. X users find a way to dig it up and resurrect it over and over and over again, no matter how many times the issue has already been discussed. But why this issue? What makes Twitter users so singularly …
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The TikTok ban is bringing people all over the world together as people reminisce on the downfall of MySpace, Tumblr, and Vine: ‘I’ve played these games before!’
It was a cold winter morning in January of 2017. The gray overcast skies reflected the reality of social media as we knew it: Vine is gone. What was once a hub for six-second momentary ha-ha’s was now a graveyard for all of our favorite comedians. The last remnants of Vine would be stuck in …
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The tease of a potential TikTok ban is bringing people all over the world together as people reminisce on the downfall of MySpace, Tumblr, and Vine: ‘I’ve played these games before!’
It was a cold winter morning in January of 2017. The gray overcast skies reflected the reality of social media as we knew it: Vine is gone. What was once a hub for six-second momentary ha-ha’s was now a graveyard for all of our favorite comedians. The last remnants of Vine would be stuck in …
Seguir leyendo The tease of a potential TikTok ban is bringing people all over the world together as people reminisce on the downfall of MySpace, Tumblr, and Vine: ‘I’ve played these games before!’
‘He’s running for Gen Z president’: Timothée Chalamet’s expert understanding of the internet has cemented him as Gen Z’s quintessential movie star
Awards season can sometimes feel like election season, with lots of big personalities competing for the attention of the American public with TV appearances, interviews, and everyone constantly trying to create the most memorable sound byte. In that case, there’s a clear frontrunner this year, at least for the Gen Z vote. On the heels …
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‘One More Game’: How ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Hypnotizes Audiences by Toeing the Line Between Dystopia and an Entirely Plausible Modern Reality
What would you do for $38.5 million USD? For those of us wallowing in the 99%, the prospect of earning millions of dollars by playing a few kid’s games would be hard to pass up. As we look up through a glass ceiling at the billionaire class, while they sip their champagne and enjoy the …
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