TikTok Archives – The College View

Lucky Girl Syndrome – a misunderstood mindset

March 1, 2023

Assignment deadlines mounting, your brain feels like it’s swelling as your head pounds, reminding you of your night of drinking from the evening before. Walking solemnly to a class, you dread knowing that this is

What is the Latest ‘Core Core’ TikTok Trend and how is it Affecting Gen Z?

February 15, 2023

With every trend, there’s a start and an end, but as Core Core has gained popularity, it puts even the idea of online trends into perspective for a lot of our youth.

Alix Earle: The Rise To Fame

February 1, 2023

Alix Earle is the internet’s new “it girl” of the moment. The twenty two year old University of Miami student took TikTok by storm gaining 4 million followers since September of 2022. Unlike most other

Pedal to the metal: how TikTok and cheugy culture have accelerated toxic trend cycles

September 29, 2021

“Cheugy” has not only wormed its way into the everyday vernacular of Generation Z, but added fuel to the fire of the trend cycle that is searing its way through the fashion industry.

How Tiktok has changed the music industry

April 1, 2021

Ever since its release in 2019, Tiktok has had a massive impact on the way we look at videos. From celebrity impersonations to cooking videos, it’s quite easy to go viral within a few seconds.

The toxic TikTok diet culture needs to stop

February 24, 2021

Many of the #WhatIEatinADay videos on TikTok set out an unrealistic expectation of how we should be losing weight.

The Social Dilemma shows the unsocial aspects to our digital lives

October 14, 2020

The new docu-drama on Netflix, The Social Dilemma, doesn’t tell us anything new: social media is bad. We knew this and we’ve known it for a while. But what it does reveal, is why we don’t stop.