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Blue Jays: How social media affects Major League Baseball

November 25, 2018 Loknath DasAffects, Baseball, blue, How, Jays:, League, major, Media, Social

How has the introduction of social media changed the landscape in Major League Baseball and teams like the Toronto Blue Jays? The Introduction of a new Digital landscape for Baseball In the late 1990s, the introduction of The Internet created a new platform that utilized a digital landscape for the promotion of almost anything, professional sports included. Baseball was quick to jump onto the bandwagon once the potential of the medium revealed itself. What did the move to digitization initially offer Major League baseball? To be perfectly honest, a headache. …

If Social Media Algorithms Control Our Lives Why Can’t They Eliminate Hate Speech?

November 24, 2018 Loknath DasAlgorithms, Can't, Control, Eliminate, Hate, if, lives, Media, Our, Social, speech, they, Why

Getty ImagesGetty It has become accepted fact in our modern digital world that the algorithms powering the online revolution, especially those of the major social media platforms, have so much control over us that they can actually nudge us against our conscious will towards actions we would not otherwise take. The addictive nature of social media is driven in part by an army of behavioral engineers tasked with building algorithms, interfaces and experiences that tap deeply into the flaws and nuances of human psychology, turning us into mindless remote-control zombies…

The colossal guide to social media terms for 2019

November 23, 2018 Loknath Das2019, colossal, for, guide, Media, Social, terms, The, to

2019 is fast approaching, and it won’t be without its fair share of new trends, new technology and new social media terms. So to make sure you’re prepared for whatever it has to offer, we’ve compiled a colossal list of 100 basic definitions that you’ll need to know. media update’s Jenna Cook takes a look at terms you need to add to your social media vocabulary – if you haven’t already. Here’s a list of 100 social media terms you’ll need to know: 1. Algorithm An ‘algorithm’ is a programmatic…

Social media sadness can be avoided

November 21, 2018 Loknath Dasavoided, be, Can, Media, sadness, Social

A recent study published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology would seem to confirm what common sense and conventional wisdom have already told us: social media is making us sadder. The study, titled No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression, studied the effect of Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat usage on the levels of subjective well-being experienced by young adults. Researchers measured social support, FOMO (fear of missing out), loneliness, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, autonomy and self-acceptance in 143 undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania. The subjects…

Assassination Nation review – social media revenge porn

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 Loknath DasAssassination, Media, Nation, porn’, revenge, Review, Social, –

‘A morass of blood and ambiguous sexual politics’ … Odessa Young in Assassination Nation. Photograph: Allstar/Bron Studios Every American presidency gets the extreme horror film that it deserves, and the Maga-era US has now got Assassination Nation, which could as well be called Confrontation Nation or Indignation Nation – a new spin on the Salem witch hysteria, a full-on splattery meltdown far from Arthur Miller, written and directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Sam Levinson. A mysterious hacker (whose IP address discloses a location in Moscow, of all places) gets access to the…

Pleas flood social media for loved ones missing after fire

November 10, 2018 Loknath DasAfter, Fire, Flood, for, loved, Media, Missing, One's, Pleas, Social

People have scoured evacuation centers, called 911 and posted desperate online pleas for help finding relatives they haven’t heard from since a fast-moving wildfire devastated a Northern California town. A day after tens of thousands evacuated the town of Paradise and the nearby community of Magalia, dozens of people, many of them elderly, remained unaccounted for. Anguished relatives flooded social media asking for help locating their loved ones. Cherri Rolla’s family hasn’t heard from her 83-year-old aunt, Sylvia Johnson, who lives in Paradise with at least six dogs and three…