As technology evolves and social media becomes a greater aspect in our everyday lives is it okay to censor and limit the tweets of individuals that cause great controversy to the entire American public? Although Twitter has been known to block controversial tweets and suspend the accounts of those who
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In May of 2015, Dominyk Alfonseca went to a bank in Virginia Beach, Virginia. During this time, Alfonseca walked up to a teller and handed her a note asking for money. During this time, Alfonseca recorded the entire incident and posted it onto instagram. His reason for committing a bank
There are so many types of products that we are exposed to everyday. Big brands like Dove often try and think out of the box in order to grab more people attention. In addition, they try and think out of the box in order to have people distinguish them from
Mark Meechan, a youtube creator was found guilty after recording a video of his girlfriend’s dog doing Nazi salutes. Creating content on youtube can be seen as a form of entertainment and art, but instead Mark was charged with a hate crime. His goal was only to turn the dog
Some jobs are high stress environments. That does not mean the employees have to be demoralized. The culture of the fashion industry is one that has been brought to light by movies like the Devil Wears Prada. Has the culture of the industry crossed the line into workplace harassment and
Although in many senses of entertainment many of us would agree that filming someone whom just passed away for entertainment purposes is inhumane. For we should respect them as they’re someone’s love one. Especially when the person filming it are benefiting at their expense by ad revenue.
John Robert Hill, also known as Boonk Gang, went viral on Instagram for posting videos of himself stealing from fast food restaurants, barber shops, and random people off the streets. Hill gets millions of views for his version of “art”. Is committing burglary socially acceptable when someone is doing it
I was in eighth grade walking out of my fourth period class at 12:30pm for lunch when I heard a shrill shriek coming from the quad. I quickly ran the fifty yards down the hallway to see what the commotion was as I heard many people yelling “WORLDSTAR!”. What I
On November 9th, 2014, a New York painter made a provocative statement about the supposed “whoring” of artists taking place across the United States. The conceptual and digital artist known as Ryder Ripps accepted a residency from the Ace Hotel located in downtown Manhattan. The term artist-in-residence refers to a
In the current world, social media has begun to take over not only the lives of viewers but also the lives of the so called ‘instafamous’. Current studies have shown that Instagram is one of the most popular sites, and is constantly used to mask the real lives of its