Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Feb 18, 2025

Are We Self-Segregating on Social Media?

Allison Hantschel Feb 18, 2025

After the election, many fled the Musk-owned X for the new Twitter-like platform, Bluesky, which has been criticized by right-wingers because they encourage civil discourse by banning trolls, bots, and other abusive users. Imagine that.

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Jan 21, 2025

The Propaganda Wars Are in Full Swing

Allison Hantschel Jan 21, 2025

Following the example of legacy media and every other tech bro, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has bent the knee to the new administration to perpetuate hate speech on his social-media platforms. Will fact-based information be able to break through?

Social Media Leah Goodridge May 21, 2024

Unhoused People Are Not Entertainment

Leah Goodridge May 21, 2024

Homelessness is at a record high in the U.S. And now we are seeing the emergence of a burgeoning, exploitative brand of social media content where clout-chasing influencers delight in monetizing those struggling to survive.

Image of a LGBTQ flag on a school blackboard. The flag is being erased as if it were drawn in chalk.

Social Media Catherine Caruso Mar 28, 2024

How Did Schools Become So Dangerous for LGBTQ Kids?

Catherine Caruso Mar 28, 2024

Nex Benedict is the most recent casualty of the conspiracy-theory-mongering by right-wing groups, who are peddling anti-LGBTQ misinformation to instill moral panic. And it is having a fatal impact.

Power Structures Brynn Tannehill Sep 29, 2023

When Can I Stop Caring What Others Think of Me?

Brynn Tannehill Sep 29, 2023

For cis and trans women, living life out loud and expressing joy on social media has become an act of resistance in the face of unrelenting online misogyny.

First Person Freda Love Smith Sep 21, 2023

I Quit Social Media and Lived to Tell

Freda Love Smith Sep 21, 2023

In this excerpt from the memoir I QUIT EVERYTHING, the Gen-X writer—a retired drummer and vocalist for several alt rock bands—reflects on the addictive nature of social media, and the liberation of signing off.

The Well Actually Andrea Grimes Sep 12, 2023

When Twitter Died, So Did Independent Journalism

Andrea Grimes Sep 12, 2023

Twitter was one of the most important tech utilities for reporters to break stories and deliver real-time news, until Elon Musk bought the company. He not only killed the social media platform, he destroyed one of our most vital news outlets.

The Well Actually Andrea Grimes Jun 1, 2023

Can Social Media Host a Safe Space?

Andrea Grimes Jun 1, 2023

Since Twitter has turned into an unmitigated right-wing troll farm, users are looking to Bluesky in hopes of finding a well-moderated, inclusive haven for LGBTQ people, Black and brown people, and women. That doesn’t mean it’s an echo chamber.

Disinformation Karl Bode Mar 6, 2023

America’s Propaganda Apocalypse Was Decades in the Making

Karl Bode Mar 6, 2023

Years of policy failures built our modern media reality long before Elon Musk shared his first meme. Reformers need all the help they can get to reverse the tide.

The Well Actually Andrea Grimes Dec 20, 2022

Where Will Journalists Go to De-Twitter?

Andrea Grimes Dec 20, 2022

Elon Musk has been doing everything in his power to drive media from Twitter. Should journalists stay or go?