Social media use has become an integral part of daily life for many young adults and new research has now found a possible link between depression and excessive social media use.
Brian Primack, director...
Social media websites have become increasingly dependent on users to control offensive content. Their systems rely on reacting to offensive content once it's been reported by users.
The problem with...
Although social media has become a go-to option for most people to communicate with their friends, family and business associates, it should never be seen as a viable replacement for face-to-face interactions.
Mobile...
Social media is one of the primary means people have to communicate with each other. With the use of mobile devices, more messages are sent and statuses are posted than at any point in history. A great...
As the snow fell, Weber State University students, faculty and community members braved the weather and filled the Shepherd Union Ballrooms on Wednesday to attend a discussion which posed the question,...
Do you dread posting selfies all over Instagram, updating your Facebook dreams, or even tweeting your brilliant ideas for everyone to see? Whether it’s due to modesty or fear of coming across as an attention...
On Nov. 2, while simply doing his job bagging groceries, Alex Lee, a 16-year-old from Texas, became an Internet sensation.
The viral picture of Lee was first snapped a week before the incident, while...
Passwords, in my humble opinion, can be be summed up in one phrase: a necessary evil.
Without passwords all of our accounts would be inevitably vulnerable to hackers and criminals alike. But when we...
The Federal Communications Commission has been working on a set of rules that introduces a two-tiered system of internet connectivity: the fast lane and the slow lane.
Internet providers, like Comcast...
Utah Transit Authority and UCAIR have partnered in an effort to improve air quality by giving away 5,000 free public transportation passes through UTA's RideClear program.
The RideClear program debuted...
The sound of a Boomer in "Left 4 Dead 2" is a notorious sound. The gurgling belching noises cause you to spin in the direction it may have been coming from. You don't want to get in a Boomer's way. However,...
The Weber State University Student Senate, one of the largest collegiate student senates in the state, is finishing out the semester as it started — by connecting students to their administration.
A...
