Topic: online culture
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How Gamer Culture Complicated Charlie Kirk's Death
The shooting of Charlie Kirk highlighted a cultural divide, as mainstream media initially misreported it as ideologically motivated, failing to grasp the digital subculture context behind the attacker's ironic, gaming-inspired messages. The accused, Tyler Robinson, exemplified being "deeply onlin...
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Social-First Brands: The New Culture and Strategy
A significant gap exists between consumer social media feedback and corporate action, with only 31% of consumers believing companies effectively listen and act, which social-first brands aim to bridge by using social media as a core business intelligence system. Social-first brands are defined by...
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year Calls Out AI Junk
Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year, officially defining it as low-quality, mass-produced AI content that now saturates online spaces. The choice reflects a growing public awareness and need to name substandard digital material, identified through spikes in search vol...
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