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I am Kirra Pendergast, and it is with great excitement that I introduce our new monthly newsletter, a resource designed to keep parents,...
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Kirra Pendergast
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5 Things your kids with phones say to me that hurt my heart
Trigger warning******You are about to learn how giving your child a phone changes the way they treat others. By Summer, 12yrs. A member...
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Kirra Pendergast
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Bright Screens, Brighter Minds - YouTube Channels Inspiring Young People
Written by Summer 12yrs YouTube influences many people of different ages through the content that is shared via different channels. Some...
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Kirra Pendergast
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The Mascara Trend on TikTok
Written by Adelaide - 15yrs Codewords have been used for a long time, whether that be in America, where they use the word “GOAT”,...
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Tealia
3 min read
Is Snapchat Creating Unhealthy and Unsafe Competition?
Snapchat. An app once used primarily by the younger generations. An app that allows us to track our friends and stay up to date, but does...
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Madison
3 min read
'New Year New Me' Culture
New Years Eve. A night filled with hope, excitement, and possibilities for the year to come. Everyone makes new year's resolutions and...
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Arya
3 min read
Consent of Children on Social media - The Rise family channels
“Hey, buddy, is posting your birthday photos online okay?” To many parents, there is an easy answer - “Well, it's my child, and I just...
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Ophelia
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'We're all Doomed!' Is Daniel Howell social media's most positive influence?
Back in January, my friend and I were able to escape the humidity of Sydney’s Darling Harbour in order to experience one of the most...
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Gigi
3 min read
How social media gives the loudest microphone to the most dangerous people
The success and influence of social media platforms lies within the framework of their algorithms to appeal to specific the interests and...
733 views
Scarlett
7 min read
M3GAN: The TikTok-inspired horror movie has hit Australian screens
When you picture cyber security, what springs to mind? Do you picture the inside workings of a company? People behind computers warding...
1,607 views
Drue
3 min read
How do you slow down in a world that is speeding up?
The question of the ages. A question that, through the thorough research of Author Johann Hari in his book Stolen Focus has only now been...
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Tealia
4 min read
The Allure of Call-Out Culture
The allure of call-out culture continues to enchant thousands of people worldwide each day with more and more people choosing to voice...
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Scarlett
4 min read
What YouTuber Dream's face reveal tells the internet about online privacy and beauty expectations
Popular Minecraft YouTuber Dream, who rose to stardom creating speed run content and challenge videos with his friends in 2020,...
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Gigi
3 min read
Wizz – Make New Friends
What is Wizz? Wizz – Make New Friends (2019) is a friend-finding chat app in the social media category focused on connecting strangers...
1,102 views
Jaenelle
6 min read
High School: The Good, the Bad & The Hierarchy
High school. The best times of your life, right? Wrong. It is the meeting place of hormonal, angry teenagers. A society based entirely on...
5,880 views
Lenny
6 min read
The War Before Our Eyes: Global Conflict in the Digital Age
Wars have been a periodic, yet seemingly inevitable fact of life for humans as long as we have lived on this planet. In the modern era we...
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Jade
5 min read
HSC Students Warned Against Trolling After Their Exams
School is a marathon, and the HSC is the final sprint. The sprint that some students (or runners, if you will) will trip and fall...
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Madison
6 min read
The Psychology of Social Media
Social media is the ever-present force in our lives that supposedly ruins our productivity, makes us anti-social and causes depression...
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Jade
4 min read
Social Media, Gen Z's Black Market for Vapes
For hundreds of years, the tobacco industry thrived, offering a product perceived as cool, sophisticated, and sensual. This was until...
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Charlotte
3 min read
Social Media is my generation's news source
When you think of ways to stay up to date with current events, what springs to mind is probably newspapers, radio, and the six o'clock...
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