Humanities - Media
Negative body image among teens is a global issue
Study: negative body image among teens is a global issue. A new study by University of Waterloo researchers found that the majority of young people on social media were dissatisfied with their bodies. Researchers say this is a global issue. Negative body image, or body dissatisfaction, occurs when a person has persistent negative thoughts and feelings about their body and is associated with poor psychological and physical health, especially in young people, according to similar studies.
More emphasis on media literacy needed in Canadian schools, says UCalgary professor
Catherine Burwell calls on educators to keep pace and adapt as students face a never-ending flood of online information As far back as the 1980s, media literacy lessons have been a part of Canadian school curriculums.
The current state of homophobia, transphobia and biphobia
Professors and researchers Annie Pullen Sansfaçon and Olivier Ferlatte discuss the issues they're interested in and the solutions they see in the current tense social climate.
Climate Disaster Project wins national award
The University of Victoria's Climate Disaster Project has been named the winner of a Special Recognition Citation at the 2023 National Newspaper Awards-Canada's top journalism awards.
From doom-scrolling to mindfulness
Do you find yourself doom-scrolling, or spending more time than you should consuming negative news on the internet and social media and want to stop? Well, there's now an app for that.
Meet the students that broke the vending machine story
"It won't get any bigger than this," says River Stanley, a fourth-year University of Waterloo student in the Computer Science program, as they reminisce about the story they uncovered with three fellow undergraduates that would go on to make national and international headlines.
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