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Fandoms and Social Media Harm Fledgling Artist Growth
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Scarlett Grimwood
Abstract Fandom communities can gain especially toxic qualities online, harboring hatred towards others, their media, and their own members. The social media platforms that these fandoms communicate using are algorithmically focused and designed to generated large quantities of content to power their “feeds”. Both of these can be detrimental to those involved, but especially artists.…
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Twubbling Tweets: How Twitter influences modern political discourse and its impact on society
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Chris May
Abstract The means with which we communicate with others has a direct impact on our behaviour both individually and as a wider society. In western politics much is being made of the increasingly polarised nature of our society, with a breakdown of discussion and compromise underpinning many of the more sensational headlines. This paper explores…
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