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A Seattle Raccoon Is the Antidote to a Season of Bad Lettuce, AI Slop, and Record-Breaking Heat

A Seattle Raccoon Is the Antidote to a Season of Bad Lettuce, AI Slop, and Record-Breaking Heat

A portmanteau of “traditional” and “wife,” the online “tradwife” trend evokes “traditional” values, religious faith, and antifeminism. Some have amassed sizable—and profitable—followings as content cr...

This study observes social media users who have collapsed digital occupational identities in a professional landscape characterised both by precarity and by the need to find meaning at work. It aims t...

Abstract. This article problematizes post-positivism’s stronghold on the mass communication canon and defends the use of qualitative description as a legit

Creator and Influencer Studies publishes studies of content creators, influencers, content production, and creator/influencer cultures examining the ...

Cozy games are a genre marked by elements designed to evoke feelings of safety, abundance, and softness. The rising popularity of this genre is often misattributed to increased desires for escapism an...

For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol u...

Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.

This chapter presents an overview of thinking about the production and distribution of influencer content, specifically by combining foundational readings in

ALT: Angry Bert from Sesame Street

Short-form clips of long interviews and shows are taking over the internet. But behind the sea of social media clips are marketplaces offering freelance clippers money per view.

As TikTok invests in short-form scripted series, it’s leaning into the same storytelling, advertising and viewing habits that defined television.

As prediction markets turn disasters into tradable bets, what do we lose? This essay explores the real cost of monetising weather catastrophes.

The tech industry’s 2023–2024 mass layoffs represented a critical moment in which an infallible industry seemed to suddenly lay bare its weak spots. Historicall...

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