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December 14, 2015
Mikaela Lefrak
Photographing Old Russia with a Modern Filter
Young Russian Instagrammers are reimagining their country's cultural spaces for themselves.
November 29, 2015
Mikaela Lefrak
The Fatal Nature of Garbage Dumps
A photographer documents a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe.
November 6, 2015
MagazineElizabeth Winkler
Is It Possible to Be Happy on Instagram?
Why a teenage Instagram star turned against the platform.
August 24, 2015
Navneet Alang
How to Escape the Public Internet
June 10, 2014
Miles Kohrman
The Smart Fan's 2014 World Cup Social Media Guide
All the feeds you need to be following, right now
March 20, 2014
Marc Tracy
Beyoncé's Instagram Photos From the Anne Frank House Are Appropriately Provocative
January 3, 2014
The New Republic Staff
The World's Most Instagrammed Place Is a Mall in Thailand
Sit on an angry bird's lap! And other sharable distractions.
December 12, 2013
Noreen Malone
Instagram's New Feature Shows How the Internet Is Embracing Intimacy
October 18, 2013
Reid Cherlin
The Best Part About the Shutdown Ending: Our National Parks’ Instagram Feed Is Back
July 22, 2013
Alex Ogle
"Steel Skyscrapers Reflecting Down"
Alex Ogle's Hong Kong Instagram photography
June 17, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
The Tyranny of Facebook 'Like' Button Stories
April 16, 2013
Molly Redden
Newspapers in a Time of Need
Boston's papers shined after Monday's bombing. Then again, so did social media.
April 1, 2013
Lydia DePillis
How Much for That Startup?
What Amazon's Purchase of Goodreads Tells Us About the Content Wars

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