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BEYOND THE GRADE SHEET SOCIAL MEDIA’S PARADOX OF PEACE AND DISCORD
A ll institutions — and particularly universities — are the birthplaces of either global peace or discord, depending on how their students are raised. It is a direct shift in the next generation’s values, not just as a digital or
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ALONE TOGETHER THE PARADOX OF CONNECTION IN THE DIGITAL AGE
T his paradoxical phrase, coined in 2011 by MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle, describes the impact that technology—especially in the form of online networks—has on humans. It aptly captures the consequences of social media usage among young people. They are together—with
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SOCIAL MEDIA PEACE OR DISCORD?
W hen I first started using social media, it was liberating. Connecting with friends, finding people I had lost touch with, and being introduced to new ones—it was exhilarating. I even connected with people I once thought of as celebrities.
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SOCIAL MEDIA IN JAPAN LIFELINE AND LIFE-THREATENING
A ccording to World Population Review data, Japan ranks second in the world for the number of Twitter/X users in 2025. Around 75.8 million of its roughly 125 million people use these platforms. India stands third with 27.3 million users,
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