Tag: social media
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Long gone are the days of privacy. A quick scroll through one’s for you page will reveal countless personal stories about; unreliable hairdressers, fake friends, situationships, etc. You might hear people asking for advice about what to do with their cheating exes or that friend who has made one too many sly comments. Oversharing is…
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TikTok is Taking the world by storm – meet 5 Black creators utilising the platform to make space for their peers TikTok is the latest video sharing platform taking over everyone’s feeds. Whether you’re on the app or not you’re guaranteed to come across hilarious, educational or relatable videos originating from it’s millions of users.…
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Contribution by Kayleigh Alexandra. For a young creative looking to make their mark on the industry, there is no better tool available than social media. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and all the other platforms frequented by people of all ages gives you, as a creative, access to widespread, engaged communities in a vibrant, active space to…
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Social media is a powerful tool and its power can be both positive and negative, especially with music. Social media is still very much in its infancy, especially the platforms we know today. The first social media platform was a site called SixDegrees.com which launched in 1997 and was defunct by 2001. The earliest platforms…
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This week, GUAP caught up with Samuel Wood, founder of Vanilla Social, a data powered social media clean up platform geared to help individuals take preventative steps to protect their personal brands. Realising that there was nothing in the market that allowed social media users to easily manage and review their social posts, Samuel started…
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![JME [@JMEBBK] : A Counterculture Icon Through Social Media](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/JME-featured.jpg)
Grime is a genre associated with power-packed lyricism, hard-hitting beats at 140 BPM and individuality expressed through style and substance. It’s no surprise then, how the relationship between Grime and social media (another medium of individual expression) has only strengthened over time. Whether it’s the mid-2000s when Tinie Tempah was vlogging on YouTube, or…
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If we know one thing about Mr Black Eyed Peas himself is that, he is happy to jump on songs with up & coming artists which usually explodes. Instagram star Pia Mia rocks her infamous ‘Street Gypsy’ look (red bandana) with shockingly long blonde extensions dressed in leather shorts. Boys & Girls seems to point reference…