Viral internet trends aren't always a bad thing, but they are when they galvanize a largely uninformed opposition to weighty legislation. On Jan. 18, Wikipedia blocked all its content to protest the...

We are our own unique generation. In fact, we are a generation that's at the crux of changing technology and social patterns. But more than anything else, we are a generation distracted. We are so distracted...

Have manners gone by the wayside or have they just taken on a new form? Social issues and events today are dramatically different from those of previous generations. Today, Facebook and texting are...

Members of the Georgetown community need a wake-up call after the public safety alert on Oct. 17, which reported that a student was "forcibly fondled" in Burleith at 2 p.m. Let's assume that part...

I was sitting at a banquet for one of my summer jobs, paying very little attention to the speaker trying to tell the high school honors students whom I was employed to mentor about how they would grow...

In an increasingly social-media savvy world, both doctors and law enforcement officials are warning against the dangers of "Facebook depression" and sexting among teens and young adults. The term "Facebook...

Readers will now be able to peruse D.C.'s most widely read newspaper on the go, as The Washington Post released an iPad application on Nov. 8, the latest in a trend of national newspapers making the jump...

Let me be blunt: I am getting a little sick of technology. No, I am not a neo-Luddite: I do not want to smash all the iPods on campus with my massive microeconomics textbook. I admit that I am quite...

Generally, Facebook relates to school only when students sit in the back of the classroom, smoothly transitioning from laptop note-taking to an in-depth look at friends' latest updates. But as faculty...

The rise of social media has made athletes' Twitter pages sources of valuable information. The world now knows that LeBron James takes mental notes and that Chad Ochocinco is about as insane as he seemed...

A recent study shows that students are finding it increasingly difficult to distance themselves from the extensive reach of social media as technology continues to develop in the Information Age, making...

My beef this week is with the growing relationship between sports and social media. For the past couple of years, both professional and collegiate athletes have used social media sites such as Twitter...