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Fine arts students: It’s getting harder for our work to stay up on Instagram
Sech says that Instagram’s selective censorship is hurting emerging artists, and is also limiting authentic expression. “In mainstream media and these music videos that you’re watching — it’s usually a…
In the kingdom of the coronavirus, the social outcast is king
I have observed a number of persons beginning to catalogue their riveting new lives across social media, and in these, one cannot help but observe a trend of gradually-evolving but…
Social media is harming our democracies and ads are just the tip of the iceberg
Politicians using money to gain influence is nothing new. But with Facebook under fire for refusing to fact-check political ads and Twitter deciding to ban them, any voter has to…
How to (successfully) step back from social media’s influence over you
It’s time we started paying attention — not only to how much we use social media, but also to how and why we use it..EDITORIAL: Fake news has real consequences for media and the masses
The Pope endorsed Donald Trump. An FBI agent investigating Hillary Clinton’s private email server was discovered dead in an apparent murder-suicide. And busloads of professional protesters were dropped off mere…UPDATED: Candidate accused of racism; accuser’s legitimacy questioned
A Unite UVic candidate has been accused of racism after screenshots surfaced Monday showing a conversation that allegedly took place between the candidate and a UVic student, though evidence suggests…Yakkers yap it up on Yik Yak
Yik Yak: it’s the social media sensation that’s sweeping Vikes Nation. And with good reason: hipper than Facebook and more ridiculous than Tumblr, Yik Yak is kind of like an…UPDATE: Salty remarks from UVSS unpalatable to student body
On Oct. 19, as the Liberal Party of Canada won a landslide majority government with Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister, two UVSS directors took to social media to voice their…Our Digital Print Issue
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