Tag: mass media
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Snapped by Snapchat: social media and adolescents
Ganga Prasanth Austin, Texas, United States Photo by Maxim Ilyahov on Unsplash When was the last time you checked in with social media? An hour ago? Thirty minutes? Maybe ten? Social media plays a large role in modern society. Humans have an innate drive to belong to groups and take part in social interactions; and a sense…
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A Tale of Two Tonics: Sino-Western psychopharmaceutical modernity in Shanghai, 1936
Richard Zhang Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Advertisement for Sanatogen in the Shen Bao, October 25, 1936. Source (accessed through Yale University). Shanghai, 1936: Positioned at the Yangtze Delta, this sprawling, bustling seaport was a multiplicity of cities. It was China’s most lucrative commercial hub for many business elites; a lavish, cosmopolitan adopted home for expatriates from at…