Julian Michanie/Contributing Writer On Sept. 20, President Donald Trump announced plans to ban TikTok, to the dismay of fans everywhere. With the Chinese video-sharing application pinned under the microscope, it’s crucial to understand how banning or restricting the app would promote better mental health for young adults and limit the growing problem of the over-sexualization […]
Guido Gonzalez/Assistant Entertainment Director With everyone confined to their homes 24/7, more people are probably browsing YouTube than ever before. And rightfully so! There’s no shortage of fun, intriguing and endearingly odd content. Here’s a list of 20 different channels, series and livestreams (in no ranking order) that will hopefully make your long hours at […]
Gabriella Pinos/Opinion Director In between classes and multiple jobs, Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden pursued comedy as little more than a hobby. Years later, that hobby has blossomed into full-time YouTube careers and a nationwide comedy tour. Since they joined the site, YouTubers Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden have amassed 2.9 million subscribers and 1.6 […]
Gabriella Pinos/ Contributing Writer Last year, YouTube receive a lot of backlash from the LGBTQ+ community when it began to restrict content related to gay rights. A year after the issues were first brought up, YouTube has only dug a deeper grave, as many videos — especially those from LGBTQ+ creators — continue to be […]
Caroline Lozano/ Assistant Opinion Director Recently, Logan Paul, a popular YouTube star, has been the target of media backlash and negative publicity after he posted a controversial video of his visit to the Aokigahara forest, infamously known as the “suicide forest” in Japan. Since the 1950s, the Aokigahara forest has been a well-known site to […]
By Alhi Leconte YouTube is known as a method for people to cultivate an online following. Many use it to launch their careers. Others use it solely for the purposes of providing knowledge and entertainment for whoever would take interest in their personal experiences. In recent years, YouTube has been a platform for transgender men […]
Image by puck90 via Flickr Jessica Soler | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com The popularity of social media can be credited either to society being so bored that anything will entertain them or, perhaps, that there really is some visceral connection created through computer screens. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, the list goes on. There are so […]
