Tag: Social Media

Byron, Elvis and Kim: Celebrity Now

With social media platforms, we are now closer than ever before to celebrities and influencers. But has this changed the way we perceive them? George Rushton explores the celebrity/fan relationships across the ages.

The new body movement

Why the rise of the body neutrality movement is cause for celebration.

Oxfess – the good, the bad and the ugly

Niuniu Zhao investigates what Oxfess can tell us about Oxford's student culture

The life-saving power of a hashtag

Male suicide prevention campaign #ItsOkayNotToBeOkay should not just be dismissed as virtue signalling

Small town communities step into a modern world

A local tragedy reveals social media's role in the persisting power of small town communities

How to: ace the vac

It's less about revision and more about cultivating a refined online presence

Trump is using Twitter to dictate the media

Trump's 'keyboard courage' has put him in control of the mainstream media, writes Becky Cook

Project 1917: The revolution will be tweeted

The historical Project 1917 is bringing new life to the Russian Revolution, writes Lucy Enderby

Instagram’s self-sabotage

Daisy Chandley asks why Instagram keeps trying to fix what isn't broken

President Duterte calls Oxford “school for stupid people”

Controversial Filipino president hits back at claims he spent 10 million pesos on a “troll army”

Oxfess provides an uncomfortable window into Oxford’s mental health struggles

Naomi Packer exposes the pressures of an elite institution on our mental health, and what we can do to help those suffering the most

Empty voices speak freely but not responsibly

Ethan Croft considers cultures of discussion within the Twitter-sphere

The life and death of the millennial author

Daniel Curtis considers the implications of social media for literary legacies

Not Wong: I can’t wait until I could see your political hot-take of the day

In some sense or another, this article is indubitably meta-, and suspiciously self-referential at points. In other senses, this is written in reaction to...

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