Topic: Social Media

Generation Change Philly: Gadfly for Good
Through wicked smart tweets and on-the-ground organizing, Dena Driscoll is the persistent activist we need to make a more livable Philadelphia
By Courtney DuChene
Guest Commentary: The Future of Violence Is Digital
Online beefs are behind an increasing amount of violence in Philly. A local resident and teacher wonders what police can do to stop it—and what responsibility social media giants should face
By Quinn O'Callaghan
Guest Commentary: Sprinting Toward Gomorrah
A woman’s rape on the El—while other riders did nothing but hold up their cameras—forces a Gen Z’er to confront the dehumanizing consequences of lives lived on social media.
By Jemille Q. Duncan
The TikTok Doc
Austin Chiang, self-professed “medical mythbuster,” is changing the way people get their (correct, research-based) health information … and absolutely killing it on social media.
By Christine Speer Lejeune
How Do You Heal?
A group of Drexel doctors have launched a social media campaign to learn, and share, stories about healing from trauma. It’s something we need now more than ever
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Social Media for…Good?
With her grassroots nonprofit, Buddy Project, Drexel student Gabby Frost is helping youth in Philly and around the world feel less alone
By Jessica Blatt Press
Saturdays are for Small Businesses
Every week, marketing agency Momentum Digital shares digital literacy with small Philly businesses
By Colin Lodewick
Gaming for Good
A local family’s Facebook game has encouraged more than 4 million people to do 40 million good deeds, both real and virtual
By Emma Copley Eisenberg