For young people, social media is embedded in nearly every aspect of their lives, making it an important thing for all of us to be able to understand.
Liz Sommer is a recent graduate of Pitzer College, where she majored in media studies. As she’s somewhere between the end of adolescence and the beginning of full-on-adulthood, she’s working to bridge the gap between tweens, teens, teachers, parents, and grandparents when it comes to digital media and pop culture. She currently lives in Los Angeles. Contact her at [email protected]
For young people, social media is embedded in nearly every aspect of their lives, making it an important thing for all of us to be able to understand.
Here are some basic tips and guidelines to promote internet safety and privacy in a digital age.
This meme format, which comes from the video game Skyrim, illustrates when someone chooses to overlook one thing and to fixate on another.
A scene from an episode of Pawn Stars where a character says “those bastards lied to me” has inspired a popular meme.
Memes featuring medieval style paintings have been popping up on Reddit.
The 23rd season of The Bachelor started off with a bang featuring multiple proposals, a sloth, fake accents, and a Chris Harrison Tribute.
Hir, hirs, and hirself are gender-neutral third-person pronouns usually used along with ze.
They, them, their, and theirs are gender-neutral third person pronouns.
Ze, zir, and zem are variations of gender-neutral third person pronouns.
Xe, Xir, Xem, and Xeir are variations of gender-neutral third person pronouns.
This meme format from the Regular Show depicts someone avoiding getting passed a flyer by ducking underneath it.
A model who was serving water and looks at the Golden Globes has become a meme known as Fiji Water Lady, Fiji Water Girl, or Fiji Water Woman.