Sadfishing is posting emotional or dramatic personal content to gain sympathy or attention from the online community. Sadfishing is a relatively recent term, but fishing for sympathy on and offline... read more →
There is an emerging acceptance of public “calling out,” name-calling, and “canceling” people across social and public media channels --aka "Cancel Culture." The “Cancel Culture” is a crowd behavior where everyone... read more →
TikTok is the current app parents love to hate. A mobile app that allows users to create and share short videos, it was the most downloaded app of 2020. TikTok... read more →
TikTok, a video-based social media platform famous for cringe-worthy lip-syncs, dance challenges, the viral success of Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road, and the revival of one of the best... read more →
TikTok has a bit of a reputation for promoting, as the New Yorker’s Jia Tolentino put it, “lowbrow clickbait.” A recent conversation with Rewire’s Gretchen Brown, however, led me to explore... read more →
Dr. Pamela Rutledge is available to reporters for comments on the psychological and social impact of media and technology on individuals, society, organizations and brands.