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Why Your Feed Looks the Way It Does: Data Colonialism in Action

Every time we scroll through our phones, we are participating in what Couldry and Mejias call “data…

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THE SHIFT FROM CLEAN GIRL TO MESSY GIRL AESTHETIC

One of the biggest aesthetic shifts on TikTok and Instagram recently is the move from the “clean…

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Who Even Am I Online?

Sometimes I catch myself editing a photo and I start wondering who is this even for? I…

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Two-Step Flow Theory: How Influence Travels Through People

What the theory says: The Two-Step Flow Theory challenges the notion that mass media directly persuades audiences….

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Introduction: About Me

Hello everyone, My name is Vanessa Ilieva. I am from Sofia, Bulgaria, and last year I moved…