Last week both the President and Secretary of State hinted at the possibility of banning TikTok—one of the most popular social media apps—from the U.S. This week on “What’s the Word,” Adam Schuster looks into the history of this social media platform, as well as why the U.S. government seems to be so keen on […]
Radio Chipstone: A Curated Life
According to contributor gianofer fields, those of us who are unfamiliar with the ways of Social Media may question the validity of the Insta famous. Her advice: you might want to start taking it seriously. Curating your life on Social Media could open up income opportunities, connect you to a community, or ruin your life. […]
Rebroadcasts: Black Lives Matter / Doing Antiracism Work On Social Med...
For the first part of today’s show, we re-air a broadcast from 2018, when former host Lilada Gee spoke with Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement and a prison abolition advocate based out of Los Angeles. Her memoir, now essential on antiracism reading lists, is titled When They Call You a […]
Trump Order Undermines Social Media
President Trump’s love/hate relationship with Twitter took another turn last week. On May 21, Twitter fact-checked two of Trump’s tweets, including one where the President claimed vote-by-mail would result in widespread voter fraud. Twitter marked the tweet as “misleading.” After claiming he would shut down the social media outlet, two days later, Trump had signed […]
Social Media Benefits and Snapchat Filters
Tonight’s episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine looks into the use of social media mostly by international college students, plus how Snapchat filters can play into a person’s self-image. Our guest is Yanzhuo “Amy” Niu, a Ph.D. candidate in UW-Madison’s Department of Educational Psychology. She talks with PNM’s Josh Mitchell about her studies into how […]
A Police Officer Walks into a Facebook Hate Group
Earlier this month, the story broke that border patrol agents were participating in a secret Facebook group where they joked about the death of migrants, made racist comments about members of Congress, and posted vulgar and offensive images. But it turns out that this was only the tip of the iceberg. A team of reporters […]
