If Donald Trump had anything in common with a poet, it would be Homer. Homer was a pre-literate poet from Ancient Greece, while Trump is a post-literate US president who prefers to be briefed orally, gets his news from television and boasts that he likes to read as little as possible. Homer refers...
In an article published by The Week, technology columnist Navneet Alang recounts his successful attempt (at least for the moment) to wean himself off Twitter. Addicted since 2007, the author describes how Twitter has succeeded in deforming his perception of the world. At one point, he focuses...
A fundamental shift may be occurring in the appeal of Facebook to the younger generation. Facebook has reset the growth meter for itself and other social media companies, which are facing changing user tastes and increased regulatory scrutiny in a world following the Cambridge...
Warning: the person in the selfie may not be as happy as they look. Millennials are known for their obsession with “selfies.” Every day, hours and hours are spent on smartphones, leaving many of us wondering how this narcissistic fad even started. Social media networks are wildly...
Influencer marketing might once have been a secondary effect or by-product of social media, but it’s now an integral part of any social platform’s vitality. Few things are more suspicious than a gift from an anonymous benefactor, who asks nothing in return but your attention. It becomes...
Social media are changing us, our children and practically every conceivable aspect of society just as profoundly as the steam engine did in the 18th century. A number of Unidentified Flying Objects have landed around the world. What are their intentions? To destroy us? To bring peace on earth?...
How social media platforms contribute to growing consumerism among Indonesian youth. Indonesia is a nation of 258 million people. Of that, nearly 124 million are in the labor force — the fifth largest in the world. So, it is easy to see that Indonesia carries enormous potential to keep...
