The Price of Attention: How Livestream Tipping Turns Emotion into Money
Gu Xinyun Introduction A 19-year-old woman in Zhengzhou allegedly spent almost 17 million yuan on a livestreaming platform over months,…
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The K-pop culture: From Korea to the world
YUAN Linying Source: K-pop Landscape In 2012, a music video featuring a dynamic dance and a man wearing a bow…
AI-Generated Music as Copyright Exploitation
Chen Yiyun What would happen if the next hit song on the chart was not composed by a human artist,…
AI Companions: The Problem Is Corporate Design, Not the Connection
He lian What makes a relationship real? The emotions we feel, or the person on the other end? The AI…
Is Solo Travel only for the Lonely? Why Many Young Women are Opting to Travel Solo
Julia Stanton Image from Unsplash. For many women, the thought of solo travelling is fear inducing, but for many, it…
Press $$$ to Continue: From Pay-to-Play to Prioritizing Profit
P Gilchrist It’s difficult to look past our present gaming environment, with the chaotic mixture of entertainment, profit and online…
The Billionaire Brainwave: How the Wealthy Are Selling Us Artificial Thought
Ashlee When was the last time you had trouble coming up with an idea without using ChatGPT, searching Google,…
Hollow Knight: Silksong Vs. the modern gaming industry
Conal Bassett-Scarfe When I was five years old, my family went to a big trip to Bali for Christmas and…
Is AI Art Essentially Plagiarism? Rethinking the Boundaries and risks of AI Artistic Creation
Xiao Yawen Introduction AI-generated artworks have gone viral across online platforms. However, AI tools rely on massive datasets which are…
The New Social Media Age Restriction: Protecting or Isolating Australia’s Youth?
Hayley Fogarty At what age did you first download social media? Was it during your first year of high school,…