Reading Time: 2 minutes Governor Spencer Cox signed S.B. 152 and H.B. 311 in a ceremony at the Utah State Capitol Building; the pair of bills are aimed at protecting minors from “addictive” elements of social media and setting new requirements for companies when creating accounts for minors.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hello everyone! Welcome back to the monthly special, Think About It! This week, Natalie meets with Ari and Jordan to talk about social media and the way it can impact our brains! Wellness for Wolverines has a new episode each Friday, so be sure to tune in next week! In the meantime, give us a […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hello and welcome back to the Cultured Wolverine, the arts and culture podcast at Utah Valley University. This week, host Meg McKellar is joined by Natalie Black from the Health and Wellness podcast. Together, they discuss the way that we interact with social media and how it has changed over the years. To keep up […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hello and welcome back to Wellness for Wolverines! We’ve all heard and read the studies about the negative effects that social media can have. However, it can be a powerful tool to help improve your life! This week, host Natalie Black and guest Meg McKellar discuss how to let your social media use benefit you! […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Thursday, March 5th, Sydney Poulsen, the Partnerships and Marketing Manager of Jane.com, an eCommerce platform based out of Lehi, Utah visited UVU PR students to teach them more about the fashion and apparel industry. Poulsen, a UVU alum, advised PR students to prepare for the industry by taking more business and marketing electives while finishing […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Arts and Culture editor Robby Poffenberger and I recently looked at the dating apps Tinder and Mutual. Though these studies were not scientifically rigorous, we did find some interesting trends. This week, we looked into Bumble. This app has a distinct difference—women message first. Alec Osborne, a Bumble user in the area, explained why he […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Photo by Marcela Violeta Cuttingedge technology is now available to students as social media mining company, NUVI, joins with UVU to create the new Social Media Command Center. Cameron Martin, vice president of university relations, hosted the ribbon cutting of the SMCC Aug. 3 in the Losee Center. Guests included executives from NUVI and members […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Students are enthralled with the website that offers a quick and easy way to organize online hobbies and interests.
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a move that is likely to have widespread repercussions in the world of social media, Facebook, the social network, has purchased Instagram, a free mobile photo-sharing app for $1 billion. Instagram has been around for just over a year and a half and is already worth more than most companies today. The popular […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes We all know that fan is short for fanatic, but the time has come for the terms, as well as the behaviors they exhibit to be better understood. In our current social climate, “fanatic” is typically applied to groups associated with the fringes such as religious fanatics and black helicopter fearing, UFO conspiracy theorists. […]