Love or hate TikTok’s viral bottle-smashing trend? A neuroscientist explains what that says about your brain: Alberto Pardo Gomez/Shutterstock Millions of TikTok users are watching videos of the viral bottle-smashing trend, in which bottles and jars filled with drinks or food are rolled down steps before smashing. Some of these viewers seem to be watching …
TikTok’s Wes Anderson trend: why the quirky director’s style is ripe for social media parody: Three weeks ago, during a habitual morning scroll through social media, I kept coming across highly stylised video montages of people going about their every day lives. In one video, a man documented himself working in his wood shop. The …
How beauty filters like TikTok’s ‘bold glamour’ affect tweens using social media: Teenagers using social media filters. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock TikTok’s new “bold glamour” filter “enhances” physical features in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish whether someone is using a filter or not, despite its airbrushing qualities. Unlike its predecessors, this filter allows …
Lucky girl syndrome: the potential dark side of TikTok’s extreme positive thinking trend: 'Lucky girl syndrome' is similar to the 'law of attraction'. Ground Picture/ Shutterstock If you’re looking for ways to bring more positive changes into your life, TikTok recommends jumping on the “lucky girl syndrome” trend. The hashtag links countless videos, all claiming …
TikTok’s use of music poses a threat to artistic diversity – an expert explains why: Tik Tok earned USD $ 12 billion (£10.5 billion) in advertising revenue in 2022. Daniel Constante It has been another bumper year for TikTok. The short-form video service has earned US$ 12 billion (£10.5 billion) in advertising revenue in 2022, …
TikTok’s greatest strength could also be its undoing: TikTok now has over a billion daily users. yogendrasingh.in I have a ten-year-old niece named Divya (not her real name) in rural northern India. Two years ago, I visited and she came running to hug me. I asked what was the best gift I could give her, …
South Africa in the news: Our Favorite Global TikToks Of 2020: From A Handwashing Dance To A Literal Ice Box: Actually, you’d be surprised at the viral TikToks of the year. How to … get dirt out from under your fingernails, for one. Here are some of our favorite TikTok moments of 2020 from the …
South Africa in the news: Our Favorite Global TikToks Of 2020: From A Handwashing Dance To A Literal Ice Box: When lockdown went into effect earlier this year, many people turned to TikTok to pass the time. Like, a lot of people: the short-video platform has now …: “South Africa” – BingNews Singapore to block …