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Social Media

Are Instagram and Facebook Addictive, Like Smoking? Lawsuit Seeks Changes

October 31, 2023

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Social Media

Capture the Moment: Use #BU2023 and Get Featured on the Jumbotron at Commencement

May 17, 2023

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Social Media

Get to Know These Five TikTok Stars from Boston University

April 21, 2023

Voices & Opinion

POV: Why I Left the Bird: NPR, Twitter, and Disinformation

April 19, 2023

This is a 'meme' with text and imagery. The there is text at the top and the bottom of the image, with a picture of the Joker shown and a quote from him at the bottom of the image. The caption on the top says "Friends: What do you wanna do after college?" and then it says "Me:" and shows a picture of the Joker sitting down, speaking with a quote from him that says "Do I really look like a guy with a plan?" The picture is on a blue and green gradient background.

Commencement

10 Memes That Describe Being a Second Semester Senior

April 13, 2023

People depart the U.S. Supreme Court after justices heard oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google Feb. 21, 2023. The case addresses whether or not tech companies are liable for user-generated content promoted by their algorithms. The Gonzalez family alleges that Google is responsible for spreading content that radicalized the perpetrators of the 2015 Paris attack. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Journalism & Media

Should Tech Companies Be Held Accountable for Letting Terrorists on Their Sites?

February 24, 2023

Photo: Three Black women sit on an orange-brown staircase. From left, the women has blue-green shoulder-length locs. She is wearing an all black outfit. In the middle, a women with long, black box braids wears an all black outfit. And finally, on the right, a women with a blonde ombre locs that are tied up in a high pony. She wears an all black outfit with a heather gray, oversized sweater vest overtop and glasses that match the orange-brown of the stairs.

Student Life

Bringing Visibility to the Black Experience at BU

February 1, 2023

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Social Media

22 Memes That Got Us Through 2022

December 19, 2022

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Social Media

Kim Kardashian, Sponcon, and the Rules of Being an Influencer

October 5, 2022

BU student Henry Di—who goes by the stage name Enrique the Magician—performs magic tricks on TikTok. Here he performs a card trick for the camera

Social Media

Abracadabra! Student Magician Henry Di’s Rise to TikTok Stardom

July 29, 2022

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Social Media

Elon Musk Buys Twitter. Should We Worry?

April 26, 2022

Social Media

Looking for a Laugh? Check Out These TikToks

April 6, 2022

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Listen Now

How Did BU Student Irene Kim Become a Viral TikTok Influencer?

February 28, 2022

Social Media

Facebook/Meta Stocks Plummet: Has Facebook Peaked?

February 8, 2022

Social Media

21 Memes That Got Us Through 2021

December 16, 2021

Terriers

35 Tuesdays, 35 Terriers, 35 Inspiring Pieces of Advice

December 7, 2021

photo of CEO Mark Zuckerberg announcing that Facebook is changing its corporate name to Meta. Smiling and wearing a grey shirt, he looks to the left and laughs. He sits in front of a rose-colored background with white icons of a shopping cart and female person behind him.

Voices & Opinion

POV: Facebook’s Change to Meta Blurs Lines Even Further

November 29, 2021

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Social Justice

Student Sexual Assault Survivors Group Campaigns to Shut Down Barstool BU

October 20, 2021

Just For Fun

It’s National Selfie Day: Check Out These Selfie Etiquette Dos and Don’ts

June 21, 2021

Voices & Opinion

POV: Putting the “Mass” in Mass Media

April 16, 2021

POV: Putting the “Mass” in Mass Media