Dominique Kent/Staff Writer The world is in panic mode. Some of it. The part not concerned with world peace and global warming. CNN reports that for some users in the United States, Instagram “likes” will no longer be visible to outside viewers. Basically, this means the only person privy to how many likes they have […]
Brigitte Onorato/ Contributing Writer Azealia Banks is known for notoriously speaking her mind. The singer takes to Twitter to express her pessimistic opinion on fellow female performers—Remy Ma, Iggy Azalea, Rihanna, Rita Ora and Beyonce just to name a few Some of her most infamous tweets tend to mention thoughts involving the perception of black […]
Bianca Antunez/Contributing Writer If you didn’t post it, it didn’t happen. That seems to be a modern-day adage of the millennial generation. The stress for individuals, especially college students, to be #instaworthy or #goals these days is something that has taken this generation by storm. In a life behind photo filters, more people are sharing their […]
Image by Peter Kirkeskov Rasmussenvia Flickr Meghan Maclaren | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com In decades to come we may well be defined as the “social media” generation. The ones who tell Facebook about our achievements, who judge our attractiveness by Instagram likes and find solidarity in Twitter hashtags. But the thing that makes social media so […]
Kristine Perez | Contributing Writer Everybody on social media looks like they are having the time of their lives. Generation Y is becoming notorious for those who are constantly attached to some sort of technological device, whether it is a smartphone, tablet, or computer. There is a psychological need to be relentlessly updated on the […]
Photo by Adam Fagen via Flickr Yiana Ramaj | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com In the fast growing world of new technologies, we have made many changes in the ways we live our lives. Family dinners have now become a fight against everyone’s smartphone, meeting your next lover is no longer at chance when meeting someone on […]