Investigative series: Addy Cousins – The good and bad of social media

Social media is a gift and a curse; junior Elizabella “Bella” Grounin has seen both sides of such platforms.  Bella is a user of multiple platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat. She has found and connected to a wide variety of people through these apps. For Bella, these apps are a way to have fun.  “I use Instagram to share things that I'm doing with my friends and family and ev...

The Social Dilemma is a documentary/narrative on Netflix that, of course, delves into the topic of social media.  My parents gave me one requirement before I could press download on Instagram: sit down and watch this 2022 film. So, I did. I got my computer and a blanket and prepared myself to endure a devastatingly dull narrative. I was proven wrong. One part of The Social Dilemma focuses on a ...

Most of my peers started downloading Snapchat and other social media platforms when we were about twelve years old; I was busy acting out Harry Potter in my backyard.  I had, of course, asked my parents the question. Without breaking stride, my parents looked at each other and said, "No." I was devastated at the time; everyone around me was thriving on social media because all of their parents l...