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Users Hate New Social Media Updates!

Thubbard November 23, 2020

Popular social media apps such as Instagram and Twitter have recently updated their platforms, but users aren’t too fond of the new features. This may be a problem for these major companies, being that...

DMCA Rules Begin to be Enforced on Twitch

JToussaint November 16, 2020

After the recent rise in the popularity of Twitch, a video live streaming platform that was originally launched in June 2011, the Universal Music Group (UMG) has been enforcing the Digital Millennium...

Netflix Raises Prices for Standard and Premium Plans

CGuirand November 8, 2020

Netflix will be increasing standard and premium monthly subscriptions -effective immediately for new members- to make the streaming site more efficient and bring value to its customers. The new price...

Targeting Kids and Parents in Ads for the Coronavirus Vaccine

CGuirand November 2, 2020

On Sunday, October 25th,  the United States Department of Health and Human Services confirmed that Santa, Mrs. Clauses and his elves will be used to perform a public advertisement for the coronavirus...

New Rules for Product Advertisements on Instagram

CGuirand October 26, 2020

Facebook announced that they will make it hard for Instagram users to hide the fact that they are posting advertisements without specific labeling. What better place to create exposure for your personal...

The Social Dilemma : A Compelling and Disturbing Documentary

AIacovetti October 10, 2020

With the majority of us engaging in social networking on a daily basis, the risks that accompany this seemingly harmless act may be easy to overlook. We know the dangers of social media on our...

Female Gamers Mistreated in Industry

Nventura October 1, 2020

Female creators of video games and players have been increasing over the years due to the changing perspective of women in the gaming industry; however mistreatment of women is still fairly common. Kate...

SUNY Chancellor Malatras Launches “Mask Up or Pack Up” Campaign to Promote Compliance with COVID-19 Safety Protocols

The Catalyst September 14, 2020

Albany – State University of New York Chancellor Jim Malatras today launched SUNY’s “Mask Up or Pack Up” campaign to promote universal compliance with evidence-based COVID-19 safety guidelines...

The Catalyst Club Bash Fall 2020 Promo

The Catalyst August 26, 2020

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF0T_-UC93A Both editors, Brianna Knibbs and Alanna Iacovetti are convincing students to get involved in the Catalyst through the upcoming Virtual Fall 2020 Club...

Graphic News: How Sensational Images Transformed Nineteenth-Century Journalism

Graphic News: How Sensational Images Transformed Nineteenth-Century Journalism

The Catalyst July 1, 2020

Pictures, profits, and peril in the yellow journalism era "You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war." This famous but apocryphal quote, long attributed to newspaper magnate William Randolph...

Imagining the Mulatta:Blackness in the US and Brazilian Media

The Catalyst June 4, 2020

  Mixed-race women and popular culture in Brazil and the United States Brazil markets itself as a racially mixed utopia. The United States prefers the term melting pot.Both nations have long used...

African American Female Journalists and their Representation in the Mainstream Media

BKnibbs May 14, 2020

  As a young aspiring black female journalist, I know that I have to work hard to make it into the competitive media industry. Majoring in Media and Communication and having an extensive media...

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