From long to short videos – The risks of fragmented attention in the digital age
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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…
Plot Twist: BookTok is rewriting reading culture
Sammy Tassone “God Tier 6 Star Books”, “Popular BookTok books I didn’t like”, and “Books with smut that will make…
TikTok Made Me Buy It, But at What Cost?
taylablack One week, “ballet-core” is all the rage on your “For You Page” (FYP). You’ve added ballet flats, wrap…
Fillers, facelifts and false empowerment: Plastic surgery gets a social media rebrand
Lily Baby Botox. Buccal fat removal. Blepharoplasties. The list of trendy cosmetic enhancements promoted to women via social media…
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,…
Recorded, Not Lived: TikTok and Travel Aesthetics.
Khushi Pardeshi TikTok is much more than a platform to perform dance challenges and comedic skits, now it is at…
The Dawn of Wednesday
Naomi Do you ever wish that a quality canon story could just be laid to rest? Rather than being…
The Parasocial Pull: TikTok Influences Gen Z to Get Under the Knife
Yaliharris Scrolling through TikTok, users might stumble across a creator documenting their day, but instead of it being a…
From Brochures to For You Pages: How TikTok is Reshaping Travel
IsabeauTS When I began planning my own trip to Japan, much of my research happened on TikTok. The app’s…