Since its conception in 2007, Tumblr has developed a reputation for its appeal to marginalised users.
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Fan communities existed long before the internet, but the proliferation of online platforms changed the ways in which they connect and participate.
The communities that call Twitter home might decide to pack their bags. If they do, they are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere.
Despite a mass exodus of users in 2018, Tumblr continues to be a place that fosters fandom and subcultures. Now, Gen Zers searching for a dose of early-2010s internet nostalgia are signing up.
A newsletter sends out chronological snippets from the 125-year-old novel ‘Dracula.’ Fans on the internet go wild.
While online communities may not fully address the isolation LGBTQ youth face in-person, they can serve as an important source of social support and a springboard for civic engagement.
Whether on Twitter or Tumblr, Facebook or Reddit, people use many strategies to express their sexual selves.
With sharp political commentary just as likely to be found on Tumblr as in the pages of the Times, why aren’t the best internet memes being published in the nation’s top periodicals?
Consuming too much social media when users end up comparing their lives to others more glamorous can leave one with bad feelings say researchers. But pretending or fantasizing is not all bad either.
LGBTQ youth use Tumblr more frequently than others. The platform has provided a safe space for youth to explore sexual identities and find crucial support. A new regulating policy may change all that.
Tumblr might the weird cousin of the other social media platforms, but it also makes a safe space for queer kids to hang out and understand their sexuality.
The legal system is working out how much of an exclusive right you have to commercial use of your own name, image, likeness or identity – and online that doesn’t just mean in an ad.
Ever since there were shops, people have enjoyed window shopping. But a new phenomenon is emerging that takes the habit to the extreme. If you save things to your Amazon wishlist without ever actually…
This is the ultimate stuff of hipster dreams. Despite the protestations of user defections, Tumblr bloggers couldn’t help but be beguiled by the attentions of 37-year-old Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, whose…
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Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Clemson University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Sociology, Monash University
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Professor in Learning Technologies and Social Computing, The Open University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University
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PhD Candidate in Music Industry, RMIT University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Participatory Culture, Tallinn University
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Senior research scientist, Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College and Director of Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, Wellesley College
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Associate Professor of Communications (Social Media), Syracuse University
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Assistant Professor of English Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Lecturer in Sociology, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Social Media, Monash University
