Like a heroin addiction, the internet is offering new hits. There is increasing prevalence of individuals becoming ‘web-surfing’ addicts, in a condition concretely termed ‘internet addiction disorder’. Researchers have pinpointed the symptomatic formation of excess […]
Celebrity Obsession
Has Spencer got a new haircut? Who’s Harry Styles going out with? Did you see the tweet about Justin Bieber’s auntie’s postman?…Who cares? Students seem more consumed by social media and celebrity culture than ever […]
The secrets of social media
If you have over 160 friends, congratulations you’re more popular than half of Facebook’s 500 million users. Got more comments than likes on that post? That’s probably […]
Club owners hunt for Facebook vigilante
9.11.12 A “Wanted” Facebook post profiling a local thief has inspired people to share it nearly 2,000 times in the hope of bringing him to justice. The culprit was captured on CCTV stealing a pair […]