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Shifts and nuances in the way we communicate online.
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‘Catfish,’ the TV Show That Predicted America’s Disorienting Digital Future

‘Catfish,’ the TV Show That Predicted America’s Disorienting Digital Future | Communications Major | Scoop.it

For 12 years, the MTV reality series “Catfish” has traveled the U.S., presenting hundreds of intimate snapshots of what can go wrong when the heart mixes with technology.

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Cuba's Internet Is F*cking Insane. And the Ways Cubans Use It Are Genius

Cuba's Internet Is F*cking Insane. And the Ways Cubans Use It Are Genius | Communications Major | Scoop.it

With an estimated 5 percent of the population connected, Cuba has some of the most limited Internet in the world. Here's how the good people of this small island nation are hacking their way into the 21st century. 

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Is Facebook Is Getting in the Way of Your Happiness?

Is Facebook Is Getting in the Way of Your Happiness? | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Everyone is on Facebook, but if everyone were jumping off a bridge, would you do it? There are plenty of reasons Facebook is bad for you (you probably know most of them). 

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Cheaters Sometimes Prosper: Adultery Dating Site AshleyMadison Looking to IPO This Year

Cheaters Sometimes Prosper: Adultery Dating Site AshleyMadison Looking to IPO This Year | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Hopefully Ashley Madison’s investors are more faithful than its users.


Avid Life Media, the parent company of the infamous dating website for cheating spouses, confirmed on Wednesday that it intends to go public in London later this year, with plans to raise up to $200 million.

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Here's What Digital Life Was Like 20 Years Ago

Here's What Digital Life Was Like 20 Years Ago | Communications Major | Scoop.it

"If you ain't on the information superhighway then baby where is you?"

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15 Minutes of Fame? More Like 15 Seconds of Nanofame

15 Minutes of Fame? More Like 15 Seconds of Nanofame | Communications Major | Scoop.it

As social media platforms value ever-smaller snippets, Internet fame is shrinking from micro to nano.

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Infographic: Scariest Email Facts

Infographic: Scariest Email Facts | Communications Major | Scoop.it
KazzaDrask Media's insight:

Four hours a day spent on email!? 84% of email is spam!? 16 million phishing emails sent per day!? No bueno.

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AOL Still Has 2.2 Million Dial-Up Subscribers

AOL Still Has 2.2 Million Dial-Up Subscribers | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Believe it or don't, AOL still has 2.2 million dial-up subscribers. Thanks in part to those who prefer to live like it’s 1996, AOL’s membership division posted $196 million in revenue this quarter. So, it still pays to dial up. What were you using that old landline for anyways?

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NSFW: The Internet's Last Sexual Taboo

NSFW: The Internet's Last Sexual Taboo | Communications Major | Scoop.it

If you thought everything you always wanted to know about sex was online, you may have been wrong...until now.

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Websites Like Thought Catalog and Upworthy Aim to Uplift

Websites Like Thought Catalog and Upworthy Aim to Uplift | Communications Major | Scoop.it

For feel-good stories, emerging new websites like Thought Catalog, Upworthy and ViralNova aim to lift up, not take down.

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The Internet According to Monica Lewinsky

The Internet According to Monica Lewinsky | Communications Major | Scoop.it

In her upcoming Vanity Fair tell-all, Monica Lewinsky raises questions about the "culture of humiliation" that has sprung up along with the rise of social media.

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Facebook Turns 10: What If It Had Never Been Invented?

Facebook Turns 10: What If It Had Never Been Invented? | Communications Major | Scoop.it

It's hard to imagine the world without it -- but let's try....

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Here's What the Internet Did With the NYT Magazine's 'Planet Hillary' Cover

Here's What the Internet Did With the NYT Magazine's 'Planet Hillary' Cover | Communications Major | Scoop.it
And yet it feels we've only scratched the surface.
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Facebook Announces New Ways to Prevent ‘Revenge Porn’

Facebook Announces New Ways to Prevent ‘Revenge Porn’ | Communications Major | Scoop.it

After a break up, intimate images possessed by a vindictive ex can end up online. Facebook is trying to address a uniquely modern and pernicious form of harassment, which is often but not exclusively aimed at women.

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How to Pronounce Meme

How to Pronounce Meme | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Are you one of the millions of Internet users who enjoys their daily stream of "meme" content while harboring a dark secret: that you don't know how to actually pronounce "meme?" Don't worry — according to the...

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How the Internet Changed the Way We Read

How the Internet Changed the Way We Read | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Welcome to the age of hyper-information. We're not reading less, but...

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Singer Pink Flawlessly Shuts Down Internet Criticism About Her Weight

Singer Pink Flawlessly Shuts Down Internet Criticism About Her Weight | Communications Major | Scoop.it

P!nk responded to Internet criticism on Twitter about her weight gain, saying her body is having "some much deserved time off. And, then she signed off as "Cheesecake". 

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The White and Gold (No, Blue and Black!) Dress That Melted the Internet

The White and Gold (No, Blue and Black!) Dress That Melted the Internet | Communications Major | Scoop.it

White and gold, or blue and black? The debate over the colors of a dress set off a social media conflagration that few were able to resist.

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Shout Factory TV Streams Cult-Classic Films, TV Shows for Free

Shout Factory TV Streams Cult-Classic Films, TV Shows for Free | Communications Major | Scoop.it

The new free, ad-supported streaming service offers a cool collection of cult classics, including "The Twilight Zone," "Dennis the Menace," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Plan 9 from Outer Space."

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Social Apps: The Saddest Places on the Internet

Social Apps: The Saddest Places on the Internet | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Pseudo-anonymous social apps don’t have any idea how to handle mental health...

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The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed

The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Inside the soul-crushing world of content moderation, where low-wage laborers soak up the worst of humanity, and keep it off your Facebook feed.

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Man Treated for Addiction to Google Glass

Man Treated for Addiction to Google Glass | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Internet addiction may not be an official clinical diagnosis, but it is real. Just ask the man who's considered to be the first-ever patient addicted to Google Glass.

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New Yorkers Can Start Checking Out Wi-Fi Hotspots From the Library This Fall

New Yorkers Can Start Checking Out Wi-Fi Hotspots From the Library This Fall | Communications Major | Scoop.it

It's a sign of the times that we no longer get our information from musty old volumes and the daily papers hung on racks with poles. This fall the New York Public Library will seek to bridge broadband access gap between rich and poor and begin lending out wi-fi hotspots that will allow users to access high-speed Internet from their homes.

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10 Internet Lies That Won't Die

10 Internet Lies That Won't Die | Communications Major | Scoop.it

It takes a certain combination to make an Internet hoax/myth/meme take flight. It must be just credible enough to be possible, usually paired with a small “wow! cool!” factor. Below are 10 popular untruths that have misled thousands.

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Facebook Hits Back at Princeton User Loss “Research”

Facebook Hits Back at Princeton User Loss “Research” | Communications Major | Scoop.it

A Facebook data scientist has laughed off recent research by Princeton University which claimed that the social network giant would lose 80% of its users in the next few years. According to the model the Princeton researchers used, Princeton University would be extinct by the end of the decade and our entire planet will vanish by 2060. That last prediction is based on declining searches for the word "air" on Google.



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