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WeChat: The Everything Platform
In the era of mobile Internet, it is necessary to “choose the right innovation at the right time” to make a success (Zhu, 2018, p.33). As a brand-new mobile social network platform, WeChat has not […]
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Reddit: a breeding ground for toxic techno-cultures
If you’ve ever used the internet or read the news, you’ve probably already heard of Reddit. It was created by two University students in 2005 as an “online bulletin board for the web”, a simple […]
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Wikipedia: The “unreliable” source we all rely on
Once considered a minefield of erroneous information, Wikipedia has developed into the most frequently accessed knowledge repository on the planet. As a result of the liberal values that were cultivated during its infancy, Wikipedia has […]
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TikTok: The Fastest Growing Social Platform
Within the first quarter of 2020, internet social platform TikTok was downloaded over 315 million times, setting the record for the most downloads of any application in a single quarter (Keselj, 2020). TikTok has unquestionably […]
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Google: Friend or Foe?
Introduction This essay provides a critical analysis of Google and its transformative effect on society. Google has embedded itself into the lives of people around the world, to the extent that the word ‘Google’ has […]
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What Has Facebook Brought to The World?
Introduction Facebook is a social media and social networking site, which allow users to connect and share information with family and friends online. It owns over a billion users and has had transformed the traditional […]
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The Delicate Balance of Free Speech and Hate Speech
The Internet has enabled the spread of ideas more rapidly and extensively, allowing users to express a wide range of beliefs, including extremist ideas and hate speech. The United Nations (2011) defines hate speech […]