Looksmaxxing isn't just a TikTok trend ? it often reflects severe body image issues in teen …
Sensationalizing extreme behaviors like self-starvation and 'bonesmashing' rather than treating them as mental health symptoms […]
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We analysed the TikTok history of 142 men. Here's what it taught us about the manosphere
Three videos, three very different messages about masculinity and health. New research shows this is […]
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TikTok's popular microdramas shrink TV into bite-sized chunks – The Conversation
As TikTok invests in short-form scripted series, it's leaning into the same storytelling, advertising and […]
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TikTok's 'nonnamaxxing' trend explained: here's how living like an Italian grandma can …
TikTok's 'nonnamaxxing' trend explained: here's how living like an Italian grandma can benefit health and […]
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Hollow-Earth myths and Nazi UFOs on TikTok are bringing white supremacism into the mainstream
Eighty-one years after Adolf Hitler died by his own hand in a Berlin bunker, a […]
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Zajal ? this form of Arabic poetic duelling has broken onto TikTok – The Conversation
Meanwhile, highlights from Lebanese zajal performances in the 1960s and 70s are being sampled in […]
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Unethical brain rot: why are millions watching AI fruits have affairs on TikTok?
If you've spent much time on TikTok recently, you may have noticed a strange new […]
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Canada's new TikTok compromise fails to resolve questions of ownership and national security
TikTok deal with Canada leaves critical gaps in ownership, data movement and security safeguards.View full […]
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TikTok's period scooping trend shows how little we still understand about menstruation
Social media has a habit of turning health topics into viral trends. The latest example […]
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TikTokers are 'becoming Chinese' in a new trend that's part parody and part politics
On TikTok and Instagram, traditional Chinese medicine may be reduced to a checklist of habits: […]
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There are more than 4.6 million food posts on TikTok alone. Why, then, do we still love cookbooks?
Despite the rise of fleeting social media recipes, the cookbook is a touchstone of reliability, […]
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Is social media addictive? How it keeps you clicking and the harms it can cause
While TikTok and Snapchat have already settled with the 20-year-old plaintiff, Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, […]
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Vagus nerve stimulation: from TikTok tips to clinical trials – The Conversation
Slow breathing and cold plunges promise calm. But real vagus nerve treatments are more complex […]
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Fears about TikTok's policy changes point to a deeper problem in the tech industry
… TikTok has been enacted,? those same U.S. users opened the app to find … […]
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Does the exodus to UpScrolled signify the end of TikTok? – The Conversation
Users began downloading Upscrolled after a group of American investors acquired a majority stake in […]
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This TikTok star sharing Australian animal stories doesn't exist ? it's AI Blakface
The self-described ?Bush Legend? on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is growing in popularity. These short […]
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Reddit and TikTok – with the help of AI – are reshaping how researchers understand substance use
When you think of tools for studying substance use and addiction, a social media site […]
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What is 'oatzempic'? Does it actually work for weight loss? – The Conversation
Some TikTok videos recommend to have oatzempic instead of breakfast. Others say to drink it […]
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Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton's …
From coffeehouses to TikTok. Three centuries later, the marketing of science is more visible, and […]
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'The main thing you've got is TikTok': how the social media ban could harm African diaspora youth
In new research, young African Australians speak about how they get vital information about their […]
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