If you’re not a zoomer, MrBeast may be the most famous person you’ve never heard of. The famous YouTuber is now in Australia, spurring awe and delight with his major prize giveaways.
The Conversation, girl_on_couch/TikTok, Shutterstock
When you sample speech and put it on a loop, we stop paying attention to the meaning of the words. We start paying attention to the sound, the rhythm and the melody. We hear speech as music.
Unions are arcing up about cabin crew being filmed without consent during flights. Some airlines have brought in new rules aimed at curbing the practice.
Screenshot of Salad Fingers and the corpse Kenneth in Episode 7, Shore Leave.
When Maree was given flowers by a TikTok influencer, she felt ‘de-humanised’ and reduced to her age. Here is how benevolent ageism shows up in our society.
On Sunday, popular American singer-songwriter Halsey shared a video calling out their label for demanding a viral TikTok before releasing a new song. The video went viral.
Social media has allowed fake news about the Ukraine invasion to proliferate.
(Shutterstock)
A year later, it’s clear that the dance promotes a conscious concept of Africanity – sowing feelings of tolerance and contentment that have conquered international audiences.
A group of colleagues taking up the viral #JerusalemaDanceChallenge in Cape Town.
NIC BOTHMA/EPA-EFE
Like Pata-Pata, Homeless and Mbube, the song Jerusalema is elevated by a historical moment in time and has the power to cross over to different audiences.
Angolan dance troupe Fenómenos do Semba.
Courtesy Adilson Maiza for Fenómenos do Semba
During the coronavirus pandemic the Jerusalema dance challenge enacted a way for communities to connect - repetitive enough to be picked up and varied enough to tease.
The NZ government’s “Keep it real online” campaign has gone viral, so what was the secret of its success?
Malaysia Hammond, 19, places flowers at a memorial mural for George Floyd at the corner of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street on May 31, 2020, in Minneapolis.
(John Minchillo/AP Photo)
Whether they’re holding hands and singing Ring Around the Rosie or posing during a TikTok video, kids connect to each other and find joy through dance.