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From ‘Bot’ to ‘Bro’: How ChatGPT became a source of companionship in an era of increasingly unavoidable loneliness

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Lost in the Sauce: Why pre-Internet nostalgia is completely unshakable, as modern media drowns in oversaturation

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Almost forgot this was the whole point’: How a trending spoof accidentally created a wholesome space online by glorifying mundane moments

Jesse Kessenheimer

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There Are Too Many ‘Man-On-the-Street’ Interviewers On Social Media and They’re Only Getting Worse

JR Atkinson

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It’s Good to Age Out of Stan Culture

Emmy Pratt

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Why ‘Main Character Syndrome’ is Inherently Toxic Despite ‘Delulu’ Influencers Claiming Otherwise

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Sad’ Millennial Beige Isn’t Sad at All, Young Adults Are Just Too Easily Influenced

Bar Mor Hazut

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The creative entrepreneur: Why the process, and not the art, is the reason artists succeed on social media

Ally Perry

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‘Yogurt dipped Pringles’: A subreddit encouraging terrible home cooked meals is the last authentic place online to be yourself

JR Atkinson

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Why Gen Z’s technique to ‘lock in’ their focus is no longer just a meme, but a necessity amidst a culture of constant distraction

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Dumbing It Down’: How brainrot memes have satisfied our craving for simplicity through Neanderthalic humor and escapism

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘This is a recession indicator’: Internet memes are helping society collectively process global crises

Lana DeGaetano

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We shouldn’t be seeing kids on social media, even those ones

JR Atkinson

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Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream Has Expired, the World Has Moved On and So Should She

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘You’re so funny!’: How did the TikTok trend reliant on deep-seated trauma turn much-needed mental health conversations into a competition?

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Being alone is an antidote to loneliness’: Why we should all be going out by ourselves more

JR Atkinson

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