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Worshipping False Idols | Social Media and Body Image

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Photos by Milan Loiacono Social Media Idolizing other people and their content. Obsessing over the perfect photos. Drawing self-worth from followers. Prioritizing apps over everything else. These are only some examples of what it looks like to worship social media. Social media has the power to become a false idol because it is everywhere and allows for … [Read more...] about Worshipping False Idols | Social Media and Body Image

Maybe I Am as Young as You Are: A Photo Series

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Photos by Kaelin MendezThis photo series was submitted as a psychology capstone project that strived to explore subjective age, which is the psychological term for how old someone feels in contrast to their actual physical age.Eight individuals 65 years old and older from Southern California explained their perspectives on aging, in particular how these views related to … [Read more...] about Maybe I Am as Young as You Are: A Photo Series

Food, Filters and Photos: How Instagram Impacts the Way We Eat

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Photos by Terra Atwood Perched atop a chair in her dining room, senior Hannah Cooper leans over the table to get the perfect picture of her meal. “She does this all the time,” her roommate, senior Mary Mattingly said. “I’m not allowed to eat until she’s taken a picture.” Cooper, a Nutrition major, runs the Instagram account @califoodielifestyle in her spare time. "I … [Read more...] about Food, Filters and Photos: How Instagram Impacts the Way We Eat

IT Removes Vulnerable WaveNet Photos

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Graphic by Krystal Zhang Pepperdine’s Information Technology (IT) department conducted two emergency maintenances to WaveNet last week, according to a series of emails that were sent by the department to the Pepperdine community. IT conducted the maintenance to remove vulnerabilities on some of the servers that support WaveNet and as a result, the photos on WaveNet were … [Read more...] about IT Removes Vulnerable WaveNet Photos