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A blunt conversation about life online with Bret Easton Ellis

Disappear here... — Movies are finished, the novel is dead and the internet is driving people insane. Welcome to the world of Bret Easton Ellis: a literary maverick who’s brutally honest about the digital age.

  • Culture
  • Steven T. Hanley

What does it mean to be a girl in the digital age?

Growing pains - unfiltered — That’s What She Said gives girls and non-binary teens the space to explore the issues and anxieties of growing up in the social media age.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

How do we break out of the echo chambers that got Trump elected?

Feelings, Facebook and fallout — The world right now feels like a dangerous, hate-filled place, it's no wonder that we take to social media desperate to be surrounded by comforting voices we agree with. Dr Marta Zarzycka asks what this means for individuals and society at large in a post-Trump era.

  • Activism
  • Dr Marta Zarzycka

Could a lip-syncing app revive the dying music industry?

Chasing 15 seconds of fame — Touted as the biggest change to music since the video, a fast-growing app is resonating with millions of teenagers... in the form of disposable karaoke videos. Will it prop up sagging sales? Or is it just a vehicle for narcissism?

  • Music
  • Cian Traynor

Photographer uses Google Street View to document fatal shootings on Instagram

#gunviolence #everydayUSA — Photographer Michael Zbieranowski’s Someplace Else project breaks into Instagram feeds to remind us just how commonplace and everyday shootings in the US have become.

  • Photography
  • Alex King

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