Feb
27
Sadfishing is posting emotional or dramatic personal content to gain sympathy or attention from the online community. Sadfishing is a relatively recent term, but fishing for sympathy on and offline is not new behavior. The Boy Who Cried Wolf from Aesop's fables was sadfishing when he tricked the villagers into...
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Feb
24
There is an emerging acceptance of public “calling out,” name-calling, and “canceling” people across social and public media channels --aka "Cancel Culture." The “Cancel Culture” is a crowd behavior where everyone jumps on the bandwagon and targets an individual. Sometimes a celebrity, sometimes a kid at school. The act of canceling...
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Feb
19
TikTok is the current app parents love to hate. A mobile app that allows users to create and share short videos, it was the most downloaded app of 2020. TikTok challenges continue to fill the news alongside reports of the big bucks that young TikTok stars are pulling down from...
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Feb
12
TikTok, a video-based social media platform famous for cringe-worthy lip-syncs, dance challenges, the viral success of Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road, and the revival of one of the best songs ever, Fleetwood Mac's Landslide. I'm really looking forward to this conversation with Diana Graber of Cyberwise and Richard (Rick)...
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Feb
12
TikTok has a bit of a reputation for promoting, as the New Yorker’s Jia Tolentino put it, “lowbrow clickbait.” A recent conversation with Rewire’s Gretchen Brown, however, led me to explore a part of TikTok that might actually be good for you — the slow video genre on TikTok. Following s-l-o-w-l-y...
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Dr. Pamela Rutledge is available to reporters for comments on the psychological and social impact of media and technology on individuals, society, organizations and brands.