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Faith, family and fashion: How one BYU law student navigates her busy life

By Mallory Mailloux
April 01, 2026 09:00 AM
Isabel Hallows Hawkes was born in American Fork and later moved to Salina, Utah, where she lived from third grade through high school. It was in third grade that politics first piqued her interest.
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In-Depth

Influencing with Intention

Annie Warner
By Annie Warner
March 26, 2026 01:15 PM
“I’m not anything crazy,” Liv Bak, a student at Brigham Young University from Minnesota, says after telling me about her experience building her social media into a job. Having recently reached her goal of 10k followers, Bak may be considered a micro influencer, but her story is anything but small.
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Metro

How media and AI are affecting the attention economy

By Ellie René Dowling
March 13, 2026 03:15 PM
Click. Tap. Swipe. Repeat. People say they feel stuck — but researchers say it was designed that way.
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Metro

Breaking free from doomscrolling

By Patsy Buyack
January 28, 2026 01:11 PM
Improper social media use is a common problem faced today.
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Campus

BYU public health department promotes active dialogue on divisive issues

Aubrie Dyer
By Aubrie Dyer
January 27, 2026 09:59 AM
BYU’s public health department and professor Jeff Glenn facilitate Campus Conversations, an initiative designed to foster peacemaking and healthy dialogue around controversial issues.
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Campus

BYU professors, Peacemaker Project co-president discuss how to be a peacemaker on social media

Jessica Neal
By Jessica Neal
January 13, 2026 08:30 AM
Emma Conde, co-president of the Peacemaker Project and political science major at BYU, checked her phone one day and found a screenshot of a social media post her friend sent.
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Campus

Education Week: Finding truth in the flood of information online

Daegan Beus
By Daegan Beus
August 23, 2025 02:04 PM
Veteran public radio journalist, Julie Rose, urged Education Week attendees to follow a modal, known as SIFT, to combat against misinformation in a flood of media in the current digital age.
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Campus

Swipe, scroll, repeat: The illusion of being informed

Kaleb Davies
By Kaleb Davies
May 14, 2025 07:00 AM
News used to land with a thump on doorsteps, bundled in stacks and inked with headlines editors deemed most important. Front pages led with city council decisions, international conflicts and investigative exposés. Readers flipped pages, not feeds.
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Campus

BYU professor shows how social media can be used for good

By Daisy Arvonen
May 12, 2025 07:00 AM
It is common to hear all the reasons why social media is bad. However, social media can have a powerful effect, and some have harnessed that power for good.
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Metro

Latter-day Saint organizations weigh in on social media representation of the Church

Eastin M. Hartzell
By Eastin M. Hartzell
February 26, 2025 01:02 PM
Organizations with large social media followings are sharing how they accurately advocate for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints online.
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Campus

BYU student creates media platform, travels worldwide to ride roller coasters

By Makeilah Law
January 03, 2025 04:50 PM
BYU sophomore Jesiah Olson founded a social media platform that showcases theme and amusement park content from around the world in 2018.
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Metro

A look at Utah's trending soda culture

By Sydnee Van Woerkom
December 21, 2024 12:08 PM
In 2024, Utah's soda culture became a trending topic on social media, cementing the stereotype of Utahns as avid soda drinkers.
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Metro

Faith-based content creators share ups, downs of creating gospel-centered content

By Cardin McKinney
October 22, 2024 11:27 AM
Two faith-based content creators shared how they balance their personal faith as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with being in the public eye.
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Metro

Kamala Harris joins TikTok — what does Gen Z think?

By Payton Pingree
August 05, 2024 11:27 AM
Vice President and likely Democratic Party presidential nominee Kamala Harris made her TikTok debut on Friday, July 26.
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Campus Events

BYU Engineering hosts Lego-building competition

Emily May
By Emily May
June 24, 2024 12:00 AM
The BYU College of Engineering is challenging students, alumni and the community in June to build the best Lego creation.
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Technology

Social media activism: Is it 'risky' enough?

By Payton Pingree
June 18, 2024 12:00 AM
Generation Z is using social media to engage in political activism in ways that can seem new and controversial, but experts are questioning the on-the-ground impact of these efforts.
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Social Media

Media literacy is 'essential,' BYU communications professor says

Lily Cook
By Lily Cook
June 12, 2024 12:00 AM
Because of developments in artificial intelligence and the rapidly changing media landscape, BYU communications professor Pamela Brubaker says media literacy skills are becoming increasingly crucial for students and internet users to obtain.
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Social Media

BYU students challenge teens, young adults with Summer Off Socials

Brooke Christensen
By Brooke Christensen
June 04, 2024 12:00 AM
BYU seniors Kristen Schumann Hansen and Macy Dial are inviting people to join their challenge, Summer Off Socials, to delete at least one social media platform during the summer and replace it with “deeper connections and organic experiences.” The challenge began June 1 but individuals can join throughout the summer.
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