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31 MAR

Student life is over-reliant on social media

From politics to societies, every aspect of student life is inseparable from a social network

Eoin O'Donnell

Student life has changed over the years, and so too has the world’s youth naturally adopted new technologies and norms. Social media has become an irremovable part of our social circles now, and that doesn’t look to be changing any …

31 March 2019Tagged: Facebook, Social Media, societies, student lifeLeave a commentEoin O'Donnell 31 March 2019
13 APR

Social media usage on the rise

Fiachra MacCanna examines how much time we spend on social media and questions the effectiveness of social media advertising

Editor

Most of us are on at least one form of social media which we use everyday. Sometimes we use them to see what events are going on, to keep in touch with friends or even just to scroll through our …

13 April 2017Tagged: Adverts, Facebook, Facebook Ads, Fiachra MacCanna, instagram, laptops, LinkdIn, media consumption, mobile phones, online advertising, Social Media, Social media usageCommentEditor 13 April 2017
Features
25 NOV

How long do you spend online every day?

Caoimhe Gordon reflects on how many hours we actually spend on our smartphones and how that is affecting lives across the world.

Caoimhe Gordon

FEATURES

“As a post in the popular Reddit, Shower Thoughts put it: ‘How many miles have I scrolled on my phone?'”

Recently I attended a lecture, simply entitled “Doing business in China” which offered interesting insights into the differing business practises …

25 November 2016Tagged: caoimhe gordon, Facebook, Features, internet usage, online, snapchat, Social Media, twitter, us electionLeave a commentCaoimhe Gordon 25 November 2016
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13 FEB

UCD inquiry dismisses revenge porn allegations

According to an article published earlier this month in UCD’s College Tribune, as many as 200 students formed a Facebook chat group in which explicit photos and anecdotes of female students were shared and rated without their consent

Eva Short

NEWSAn investigation chaired by Registrar and Deputy President of University College Dublin (UCD) Prof Mark Rogers into the existence of the “UCD 200” Facebook group has dismissed the allegations and found no definitive evidence of the group’s existence, Trinity News …

13 February 2016Tagged: College Tribune, Eva Short, Facebook, UCD, Yik YakLeave a commentEva Short 13 February 2016
Features
04 FEB

Internet connection

Can we find intimacy in an online world of unparalleled exposure?

Doireann Dhufaigh

FEATURES

The internet’s most enticing proposition is that it is a space where no one need ever feel alone. Friendship and romance are just a few clicks away, and difference is seen as a badge of sophistication, not of shame. What …

4 February 2016Tagged: Doireann ni Dhufaigh, Facebook, Features, Social MediaLeave a commentDoireann Dhufaigh 4 February 2016
Features
01 DEC

A Brief History of The Lad Bible

The Lad Bible is more popular than the BBC, The Irish Times and Instagram. Tadgh Healy explores the reasons behind its rise and examines the problems associated with its widening scope.

Tadgh Healy

FEATURES

Mark Zuckerberg recently renounced Facebook’s famous motto “move fast and break things” which it is said once plastered their office walls. Facebook’s early philosophy was a fearless willingness to make mistakes. It needed to be brave, innovative, and above all …

1 December 2015Tagged: Facebook, Features, Lad Bible, Tadgh HealyLeave a commentTadgh Healy 1 December 2015
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29 SEP

Friends with better timelines

Eva Short

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I felt no need to update the world about my summer. Dublin, at least from my perspective, was drained of its vitality between June and September. My fellow students – who are the lifeblood of my social circle – dispersed, …

29 September 2014Tagged: Eva Short, Facebook, Zilla van der BornCommentEva Short 29 September 2014
01 SEP

Facebook made me feel like I had nothing to offer the world

Karen McCord on insecurity, obsession, and the impact of social media

Editor

How many times have you checked your Facebook today? I used to check mine every time I picked up my phone. I would constantly refresh my newsfeed to see what “exciting” news or photos would pop up and would get …

1 September 2014Tagged: Facebook, karen mccordLeave a commentEditor 1 September 2014
Features
14 APR

Keeping it hyperreal

D. Joyce-Ahearne

D Joyce-Ahearne

InDepth Editor

Print, as a medium for news, is dead. News never waited for anyone but before the Internet we often had to wait for it. But news finds us now, seeking out our online presence. To use …

14 April 2014Tagged: Facebook, hyperreal, Internet, selfiesLeave a commentD. Joyce-Ahearne 14 April 2014
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27 NOV

Is facebook a false reality?

Editor

Alice Kinsella

Staff Writer

When we go on Facebook, pick a “profiler” and put up a status, do we put up how we really feel, really look? Or do we put forward what we want others to see?
We use …

27 November 2013Tagged: comment, Facebook, Social MediaLeave a commentEditor 27 November 2013

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