Black TikTokers Have Had Enough
This month, a number of Black TikTok creators have staged a strike to call attention to the frequent appropriation of Black-created dances by white users on the app. After the release of Megan Thee...
View ArticleWhen Your Hidden Gem Goes Viral
Rebecca Jennings, senior reporter covering internet culture at The Goods by Vox, talks about what happens when your favorite songs go viral.What was something you loved that was totally ruined once it...
View ArticleYoung Born and Raised New Yorkers on TikTok Are Pushing Back Against The ‘NYC...
SoHo shopping, espresso martinis, and rooftop bars have all secured recurring roles in the TikTok videos of New York City influencers, and native New Yorkers aren't having it.
View ArticleSeeing the War on Ukraine Clearly with Open Source Intelligence
Historically, military operations have been top secret, usually played close to the vest by intelligence officials. But what happens when current wartime information lands in the hands of everyday...
View ArticleHow the Depp v. Heard Trial Became a Meme
This week, we take a look at the latest celebrity trial to ensnare the national attention. Johnny Depp is suing Amber Heard, his ex-wife, for defamation, and she’s counter suing him for the same....
View ArticleSeeing Is Believing
With Roe v Wade under threat, some politicians and media outlets are trying to turn the national conversation away from abortion and toward civility. On this week’s On the Media, how the GOP has...
View ArticleA Taxonomy of TikTok Panics
Ever since TikTok exploded worldwide in 2018, news outlets across the country have breathlessly reported on TikTok challenges, which they claim range from the bizarre (licking toilet seats) to the...
View ArticleHow The Media Failed Amber Heard
This Wednesday afternoon, in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia, a jury awarded Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in libel suit against Amber Heard, and gave her $2 million in her countersuit...
View ArticleWhy Are People "Quiet Quitting" Their Jobs?
"Quiet quitting" is the latest workplace trend sparking conversation in social and mainstream media. The idea went viral after TikTok user Zaid Khan, a 24-year-old engineer in New York City, talked...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of the TikTok Boom
TikTok is taking over the social media space, but what do we really know about the app? Its recommendations algorithm is one of the most highly personalized in the social realm, and that comes with a...
View ArticleSciFri Book Club Returns, Upcoming Winter Illnesses. Oct 28, 2022, Part 1
Don’t Trust What You See On TikTok This Election SeasonMidterm elections in the United States are just under two weeks away. And new research suggests a significant risk of misinformation for American...
View ArticleA Taxonomy of TikTok Panics
At the end of 2022, Congress passed legislation to ban TikTok from all government devices, citing data privacy concerns and potential ties between the app and the Chinese government. But this isn't the...
View ArticleNikki Haley's Record & Run; Ukraine's Year-Long Humanitarian Crisis;...
On today's show:Andy Shain, a managing editor at The Post and Courier in South Carolina, discusses Nikki Haley's time as South Carolina governor between 2011 and 2017. He also explains how her...
View Article'Earthquake diplomacy' in Syria
Diplomats from many Arab nations are meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the first time since the country's civil war began in 2011, when most of them severed ties. The visits follow the...
View ArticleTikTok Went to Congress; Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in Uganda and Worldwide; NYC...
Coming up on today's show: TikTok's CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress Thursday in an adversarial hearing. Louise Matsakis, tech reporter for Semafor, recaps the hearing and talks about why...
View ArticleWednesday Morning Politics; Changes Coming to NYC Trash Collection; Ending...
Coming up on today's show: Tara Palmeri, partner & senior political correspondent at Puck News, and Peter Hamby, partner at Puck News and host of Snapchat's “Good Luck America,” talk about the...
View ArticleThe Hypocrisies of the TikTok Hearings
U.S. lawmakers have said that they are moving forward with a plan to ban TikTok, one of the most popular apps in the world. In hearings last week, Congress questioned TikTok’s C.E.O., Shou Zi Chew,...
View ArticleUtah's New Social Media Law for Children is Part of a Trend
There's an upwelling of political will to regulate the impact that social media are having on children and teens. Last week, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed twobills into law that aim to restrict how...
View ArticleHow Did the TikTok Ban Become a Bipartisan Issue?
A ban of the Chinese social-media app TikTok, first floated by the Trump Administration, is now gaining real traction in Washington. Lawmakers of both parties fear the app could be manipulated by...
View ArticleThe Long Campaign to Turn Birth Control Into the New Abortion
When the Supreme Court’s decision undoing Roe v. Wade came down in June, anti-abortion groups were jubilant – but far from satisfied. Many in the movement have a new target: hormonal birth control. It...
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