No Joy in Division Mar 21, 2020 ... of the following platforms/services, if any, have you used in the past year to become aware of political and/or social issues?Select all that apply. YouTube | Facebook | Talking to a friend | Talking to family members | Instagram | News media | Twitter | Snapchat | Teachers/mentors | TikTok | Reddit | Political or social issue experts (e.g., interview, book discussion) | Email newsletters | Events (e.g., festivals, meetups, conferences) | Brands/branded campaigns ...
The Impact Of Influence Dec 17, 2019 ... deciding who could influence when, as they owned the channels of distribution. But the inception of the Internet and social media shifted the flow of power. Online social networks democratized access to these channels in that everyday people could hop on their online blog or their Twitter account and have access to an audience, potentially numbering into the hundreds, thousands, or even millions. And those among the general population who could amass a dedicated, loyal following online—whether ...
The Hive Mind Dec 16, 2019 ... Take a deep dive into stan culture and cancel culture, and explore how the evolution of social technologies and the democratization of social voice has resulted in the formation of these Internet-based hive minds.Society at large has seen a steady rise in the visibility—and more importantly, the voice—of the populace since the explosion of social media. Media-feeding social platforms such as Twitter have given everyone the opportunity to speak in a very public forum and even develop ...
Life For Like Dec 14, 2019 ... the culture around oversharing such that behaviors like posting an image of one’s breakfast on Instagram or sharing random thoughts on Twitter have become completely normalized. And as oversharing one’s life has become the norm, so too has the desire to consume this kind of content, especially from social media influencers who have built a profession around sharing part or all of themselves online. The exchange between influencer and follower benefits both parties, as sharing aspects of one’s ...
Set In (E)motion: The Guide to Gen Y Burnout Sep 23, 2019 ... the 24/7 media cycle alerting them to just too much information in general (concerning topics that span from global warming to vacuous celebrity culture). Those in this generational cohort are at the mercy of their emotions as they navigate an unprecedented era where the only constant is change. One specific catalyst for Ys’ emotional burnout is their loss of institutional trust. Armed with more knowledge and insight into areas that were previously hidden from public view (thanks to Twitter, a 24 ...
Peace Of Mind: The Guide To Gen Z Burnout Sep 22, 2019 ... that allows them to have downtime. ASMR videos number in the millions across social media platforms, and one particular trend called mukbang is helping modern youth relate food, and copious amounts of it, to comfort. This also manifests itself in their attitude toward eating fast food. As Zs have grown up connecting with fast food through entertainment, whether it be watching a Burger King mukbang or witnessing the Wendy’s Twitter persona start beef with other fast food personas, they’re likely to ...
High Society Sep 17, 2019 ... brands are known for their Twitter beefs (see Wendy’s and… everyone else) and diss mixtapes (again, Wendy’s—against McDonald’s, no less) their offerings are put into an entertainment category instead of a nourishment or necessity-based one. In regards to their burnout, Zs are using food and its capacity to comfort to help them cope with the physical effects of being overindexed across multiple aspects of their lives. A manifestation of the way this cohort tends to equate food with ...
How Can I Help You? Jun 22, 2019 ... does more than just respond to customer complaints: they collaborate with the brand’s marketing team and advise on product development decisions, a feedback loop which ultimately drives customer retention and conversion. Where Glossier excels is its online human-centric online customer service, which occurs through social media channels like Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, as well as email, FaceTime, and the phone. Glossier’s highly-responsive team of customer service editors use a “friendly ...
Breaking Bad Mar 20, 2019 ... , regardless of how they identify on the gender or sexuality spectrum.2017: Pre-Fall 2017 Campaign With All Black Models After getting called out specifically for their lack of casting diversity at BoF’s VOICES, Gucci cast only all-Black models for its Pre-Fall 2017 campaign. To amplify their new shift in brand direction, Gucci released nine audition videos from the models—who had been street-cast rather than selected through a traditional modelling agency—on the brand’s Instagram and Twitter ...
State Of The Art Sep 15, 2018 ... Zach Braff, star of the now-defunct long-running medical sitcom Scrubs, took to Twitter to read an A.I.-generated Scrubs script from Botnik Studios, which also created the Harry Potter excerpt. The script was created via a predictive keyboard trained on lines from the show itself.Shelley A.I. MIT researchers developed Shelley A.I., a deep-learning algorithm named after Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Shelley A.I. writes short snippets of horror stories and was trained on a subreddit where ...