If you have been frequently watching videos from platforms such as YouTube or TikTok, you might have seen videos with titles “REACTING TO…” or “Funny reactions of…”. This category of videos are called reaction videos, namely a video displaying the reaction of people (or even animals) toward another video clip. The reactors provide their comments… Continue reading Why watch people react to videos?
Category: Media
AR-based Instagram filters setting new beauty standards
Technologies are becoming an active part of our life, more than we can imagine. Late Millennials and Generation Z have always lived surrounded by technology, always at the center of continuous advancements. This process has gone further than we can actually objectively perceive and what was before considered as sophisticated software is now part of… Continue reading AR-based Instagram filters setting new beauty standards
DOUYIN: The new Chinese propaganda machine
Douyin -or TikTok, as it is known in the West- is a Chinese social network that was launched initially in 2016 as musical.ly, and it is owned, as of 2017, by the Chinese media company ByteDance. As most of us probably already know, this app allows users to post short videos with music clips or… Continue reading DOUYIN: The new Chinese propaganda machine
Not your Subservient Stereotype
Depending on which platform you access this article, you may have encountered some reposted graphics on how to address rising anti – Asian hate. While these posts are all well-meaning, the broader question we should all be asking ourselves is why are these attacks happening in the first place?
The Sound of Freedom
How musicians have added their voices to the growing Black Lives Matter movement Right after the murder of George Floyd last spring, thousands of Americans started to protest against police brutality over black people. Floyd’s last words “I can’t breathe” became the anthem of these protests, but the list of police brutality victims in the… Continue reading The Sound of Freedom
What the hell is an NFT and why is it on the news all the time?
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all the craze right now, they are a technological innovation that aims to bring collectables (not only) to the digital marketplace.
Did Body Positivity go too far?
No matter where we look, magazines, fashion shows or Social Media, the beauty image conveyed is always the same: thin, sporty, low fat (except for women’s breasts and backside), full hair and a tanned even skin. As already discussed in this article, this can have a severe effect on our body perception. However, during the… Continue reading Did Body Positivity go too far?
How social media facilitates the influence between individuals and businesses
Over the last few years, social media has quickly become an extremely prominent part of our daily lives. Not only are there increasing numbers of individual users; businesses and organizations are also using social media accounts to promote themselves and connect with their audience.
Social Media and Body Perception
Nowadays, Social Media is one of the main entertainment and communication platforms, especially for under-30-year-olds who use it daily, either for checking the news, catching up with friends, or seeking inspiration or even distraction. However, several research studies and surveys have shown that there is a strong correlation between time spent on Social Media and a negative body perception of the user, i.e. the former often negatively impacts the latter.
Is live streaming the future of live performance?
Livestreaming events are becoming more and more popular during the pandemic. But what will happen when the pandemic will be over? Is this the beginning of a new era?