In China, a sister app of TikTok is empowering consumers

Shoppers find Douyin useful for complaining.

Zizheng Yu, The Conversation

· Mar 28, 2023 · 09:30 pm

After food porn, the big new trend on social media is pantry porn

Maybe you can’t have a designer kitchen. But you can still beautify your bulk food storage.

Jenna Drenten, The Conversation

· Mar 17, 2023 · 09:30 pm

What the Twitter fiasco tells us about the future of social media

It’s going to be difficult for other social media platforms to replicate Twitter’s huge scale and reach.

Blayne Haggart, The Conversation

· Nov 23, 2022 · 07:30 pm

For those planning to leave Twitter because of Elon Musk, a word of caution

Past experience shows that communities that call Twitter home are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere.

Casey Fiesler, The Conversation

· Nov 04, 2022 · 09:30 pm

‘Granfluencers’ are using social media to dispel stereotypes about old age

Older TikTok-ers are part of an encouraging and heartening movement that is helping to shift prevailing attitudes.

Shweta Singh, The Conversation

· Jun 21, 2022 · 09:30 pm

‘Thank you for your grit’: Kerala nuns fighting ex-bishop’s acquittal get a flood of support letters

Social media users posted handwritten notes to the nuns fighting for justice for a colleague who alleged she had been raped by Franco Mulakkal.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 20, 2022 · 07:10 pm

YouTube channels are luring children with videos inspired by the hyper-violent ‘Squid Game’

A number of successful channels have capitalised on the dystopian horror series.

Jessica Balanzategui, The Conversation

· Oct 23, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Mask emojis, cheesy pick-up lines: How Indians on Tinder searched for love in the time of corona

For Indian users, the dating platform became a space to talk about everything happening in real life.

Manavi Kapur, qz.com

· Dec 12, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Do men get more right swipes on dating apps if they include cats in their profile pictures?

Our research says no.

Lori Kogan, The Conversation

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Shelly Volsche, The Conversation

· Sep 20, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Ranveer lookalikes to small-town stars: What you need to know about viral video app TikTok

India is the largest market for the Chinese app, with 39% of its 500-million-strong user base.

Priyali Prakash

· Feb 14, 2019 · 11:30 am

Maharashtra CM’s wife apologises for crossing cruise ship barricade for a selfie

A video of Amruta Fadnavis ignoring security personnel’s calls to return while taking the photograph went viral on social media.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 22, 2018 · 01:41 pm

‘Hello friends, chai pilo’: How a phrase used by an Indian vlogger rang around the world

Somvati Mahawar’s video may have been only 15 seconds long, but it ended up spawning a subculture of memes, copycat videos and jokes in India and abroad.

Soumya Rao

· Sep 15, 2018 · 03:30 pm