In the world of pop culture, comics and graphic novels emerge as powerful educational tools, capable of telling complex stories and conveying profound values. From the origins of Italian comics to contemporary works, these narrative forms not only entertain, …
Society and culture
TikTok was launched in September 2016 by ByteDance, a Chinese company. The app quickly gained popularity, especially among young people, for its ability to create and share short music videos, viral challenges and humorous content. With over one billion monthly …
During the XQ.EUJOY internship in Barcelona, Fundació Periodisme Plural and Octaedro hosted three young journalists from across Europe. Dalila Scagliusi, Maria Antonietta Mastropasqua, and Miguel Santos present a video podcast analyzing the impact of social media on various sectors. With …
In Spain, during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, women would address their sentimental doubts and confidences to the radio programme of Elena Francis. She was nothing but a pseudonymous for a team of people belonging to Franco’s circle worried by …
The exorbitant prices of Taylor Swift concerts are yet another example of how the culture industry has become a never-ending cycle of profiteering. Live Nation Entertainment, the industry giant, encourages rate-hiking tactics and faces accusations of monopoly.
The Taylor Swift …
Birth rates are falling almost everywhere in the world. In the medium and long term, experts predict that it will also fall in less affluent countries. This is a problem, but also the result of social emancipation movements. What can …
The skincare trend so prevalent on social media has caught on with under-12s who create their own content by reviewing cosmetics on TikTok.
In recent times, skincare has become almost compulsive: hyaluronic acid serum, Vitamin C, essences, tonics, exfoliants, retinol… …
A website has 10 seconds to load. If it has not done so within this time limit, there isa 123% greater chance that the user will leave the page Tik Tok, the giant that has 1218 million monthly active …
Adultcentrism: the regime of the “adult establishment” The word ‘childhood’ comes from the Latin ‘infantia’. It comes from the prefix “in-” (meaning “not”) and “fari” (meaning “to speak”). The original meaning of the term referred to the period of life …
“You got my heartbeat racing, my body blazing… I feel the rush, addicted to your touch”. Excitement, euphoria, lividity, sweat. Inhibition. Pop artist Troye Sivan portrays the whole maelstrom of sensations in his song “Rush”. The homoerotic character of the …
