In Brief
Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton's Graphic Design Duel on Twitter
There are so many ways for presidential candidates to spar: in debates, in conversation with the press — and now, on social media!
Social Media
In Brief
Woman Found Guilty of Criminal Harassment for Instagramming Street Art
Jennifer Pawluck, the Montrealer who was arrested in 2013 for posting a photo of a piece of street art on Instagram, has been convicted of criminal harassment and, on Thursday, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and 18 months probation.
Opinion
How Viral History Accounts Are Hurting the Past They Purport to Celebrate
Although it only started in March, the Twitter account @MedievalReacts has soared to over 270,000 followers — all because it takes images without attribution from libraries and other sources and pairs them with punchy, modern text.
In Brief
Social Media You Can Wear as a T-shirt
Using thermochromatic ink, a soft circuit, and Bluetooth, Social Textiles link items of clothing to their wearers’ smartphones and alerts them when other Social Textiles users with similar interests are in close proximity.
News
Study Finds Color Impacts Online Image Sharing
A new study revealed that red, purple, and pink promote image sharing online, while green, blue, black, and yellow suppress it
Opinion
The #MuseumSelfie Scourge Is Upon Us
What have we done to deserve this? Today is a day that will forever be remembered as a plague on our social media feeds, a moment that ruptured our visual culture with a barrage of grainy images of people the world over visiting museums.
Art
What Social Media Tells Us About the Venice Architecture Biennale
How do you determine the success of an exhibition — by the number of visitors, the tenor of their reactions, or some other gauge? That's the question Maria Novozhilova tackles in her assessment of the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale, which ended late last month.
Art
After Merger, Corcoran Gallery of Art Faces Uncertain Future
On Saturday, the Corcoran Gallery of Art played host to a guerrilla funeral, not for a generous public figure or beloved artist, but for the institution itself.
News
LACMA Is the First Museum to Join Snapchat
Social media has become a staple of museum communications plans, so we weren't surprised to learn that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art became the first museum to join the Venice Beach–based social network last month.
Opinion
Hashtagging Racism: The Power of #IfTheyGunnedMeDown
Last night, in Ferguson, Missouri, police in riot gear entered residential neighbourhoods and lobbed teargas, flash bombs, rubber bullets, and noise cannons (also known as LRAD or Long Range Acoustic Devices) at people who were gathered peacefully to protest the killing of an unarmed 18-year-old, Mi
Interview
Painting with 5,000 Facebook Friends in Your Studio
LOS ANGELES — Most artists like to think of their studios as private domains: as places where they can wrestle with the problems and possibilities of art making without anyone looking over their shoulder. Mark Dutcher, a Los Angeles painter, has spent the last five years gradually breaking down that
Guide
Your Concise Guide to Social Media's Female Nipple Policies
What is it about women's bare nipples that gets social media platforms so riled up? In the past months countless images have been removed from Instagram and Facebook because of their inclusion of female nipples while shirtless men and graphic violence remain uncensored.