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Living Life Offline: Social Media Effects on the Success of Black College Students Amid Today’s Political Challenges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Social media has become a battlefield of ideas, a forum for activism, and, increasingly, a source of stress for students of color. Amari Henderson Social media remains a powerful tool for activism, particularly for Black students who leverage it to organize and amplify voices for racial justice.

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CSUF Student Researcher Explores Black Barbie's Effect on Children's Self-Image

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When young Black girls don't see themselves represented positively in their toys and media, it can contribute to internalized racism and poor self-image that carries into adulthood." She hopes her work will contribute to more thoughtful approaches to diversity in children's products and media.

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Summer Social Media Manager Guide

Dr. Josie Ahlquist

Summer’s here, but the pressure to deliver outstanding social media results isn’t taking a break. Social media is far from the days when I first became a strategist. Whether you’re part of a team or a team of one, I want you to know you’re not in this alone.

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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. It is amazing that Spelman has a documentary film program — it is the only HBCU with one.

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New Jersey Senate Sends K-12 Media Literacy Bill to Governor's Desk

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Phil Murphy will be receiving a media literacy bill from the New Jersey Senate to sign, a bill that would make New Jersey the first state to mandate information literacy education for all K-12 students. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3 Phil Murphy “This bill ensures that 1.3

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Supreme Court's Hollow Ruling One Year Later: Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Students Left Behind in the Pursuit of a 'Race-Blind' Agenda’

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SFFA relied solely on statistical analysis and non-student witnesses in its argument — a fact that was buried by inflammatory media coverage pitting Asian Americans against other communities of color. Despite the media attention and racialized division that this case drew, the U.S.

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Social Media Manager Advocacy Toolkit

Dr. Josie Ahlquist

If there’s one thing you should know about me: I’m a social media manager advocate. If there’s one thing I know for sure: Y’all need more than advice to go for a walk or get a massage. The Great Resignation (or whatever else you call it) has hurt Higher Ed. of respondents were somewhat.

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