Instagram Archives – The College View

Instagram is testing end-to-end encryption for its direct messaging service. Is this proposal good for privacy or bad for online safety?

September 28, 2022

As social media companies continue to expand, governments are looking to challenge encryption features with tighter online regulations. Meta the parent company to Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram continues to operate with enormous market and

The hidden social media epidemic destroying the reputations of young women

March 20, 2022

This under researched phenomenon harms countless young women across the world.

DCU Clubs and Socs advise official accounts against interacting with gossip accounts

February 10, 2021

DCU Clubs and Societies have advised any club’s or society’s official social media accounts against interacting with gossip accounts.

DCU student hosts initiative to boost adolescent self esteem through ethnic identity

January 27, 2021

A Health Action Project to inform adolescents about their ethnic identity and enhance self-esteem, Ethnic Pride Ireland, has been created by final year Health and Society student, Asiya Mu’azzam.

DCU Tea Instagram account run by teen thousands of miles away.

January 22, 2021

“I thought, why not make one?” the once hidden figure behind a DCU confessions page reveals, from a place many miles from Glasnevin.

Exploring the world of Instagram poetry

October 3, 2018

This generations ‘instapoets’ are a breath of fresh air for an artform that seemed to be dying. Many young people can no longer relate to the heavy poetry of the likes of John Keats of whom they may have studied laboriously throughout their secondary school education.

Lifestyle

Tony Cantwell: a comedian’s guide to online influencing

April 4, 2018

Comedian Tony Cantwell spoke with our deputy lifestyle editor Adam Daly about the success of his videos, his new podcast Sexy Beast and two sell out shows at the Sugar Club.

Instagram announces plans to change algorithm

March 28, 2018

Elsa Anderling examines Instagram’s decision to change their algorithm and the effects it will have on users of the app.

How the pink princess is influencing social media fashion

February 28, 2018

Elsa Anderling looks at how seven year old fashionista Coco is taking instagram and social media by storm with an impressive 500,000 followers online.

Lifestyle

Life through rose tinted filters

February 7, 2018

Instagram aesthetics have been around for a while now, but in recent years they’ve become almost vital to the success or brands and bloggers worldwide. Rachel Farrell explores the reasoning behind a perfectly curated social media feed.

Stranger Threads

November 15, 2017

The release of Stranger Things 2 has seen merchandise for the Netflix original series pop up everywhere, from Topshop to independent Irish designers, Helen O’Neill tells us more about the fashion taking over the upside down and beyond.

The blogger who cried nutritionist

October 25, 2017

Instagram has become a forum for much more than pretty pictures with many bloggers giving out nutritional and health advice without qualifications.

Should employers be allowed access to your social media pages and use them as grounds for hiring and firing?

September 27, 2017

Amy Rohu discusses why employers shouldn’t use your social medias as grounds for hiring and firing

Is Instagram more of a complete sham?

November 18, 2015

Conor Jack Martin explains why we need to separate real life expectations from the often superficial app.

We need to put an end to body shaming

November 18, 2015

Kayla Gaffney talks about the impact body shaming is having on the mental health of young people.

Instagram versus the female nipple

October 14, 2015

The #FreeTheNipple movement has recently been battling against a very popular app. Instagram has come under great scrutiny for it’s censorship policy which forbids users from posting photos of topless women, in particular their nipples.

‘Kidstagram’ – should we be worried about children going viral?

March 11, 2015

Laura Colgan takes a look at why people want their kids to become internet sensations, and if it is fair to the children themselves.

Aisling’s Special Favourites

February 19, 2014

A few of Aisling Kett’s favourite things this fortnight, including a couple of nifty apps.