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Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College • Norwalk, Calif.

Talon Marks

Cerritos College student, Carl Vaca Jr., talks about the effects social media has in politics at Falcon Square on Jan. 29. 2025.

Free Speech Zone: What effects does social media have in politics?

Felix Palencia and Karina Soriano
February 5, 2025
Does social media tilt the political scale? What do Cerritos College students think about who’s pushing the narrative?
Photo graphic of the three most used media platforms by children.

Tweens should unglue their eyes from phone screens

Shaniah Campbell, Staff Writer
March 5, 2024
Gen Alpha have been on the hunt for Drunk Elephant which has caused an uproar on social media. It has caused people to be concerned on how their Millennial parents have been monitoring their children.
Adam Marx stares at the sky and sits right near the train tracks near Downey on March 17.

A Gen-Z’er who loves books, not social media

Adam Marks, a Biochemistry major at Cerritos College explains why he's in love with collecting and reading books instead of going onto social media.
Tik Tok

Social media trends are stupid

Jaelyn Delos Reyes and Mel Ayala
October 7, 2022
Viral trends are getting out of control and can cause danger to people who follow foolish trends.
As war continues on with the conflict between Israel and Palestine, many children are left with mental trauma and hardly have anything to eat. The world hardly speaks out on this issue regardless of oppression taking place. Photo credit: Courtesy of Pixabay

Why is the world silent on minority oppression?

Fatima Durrani, Opinion Editor
May 12, 2022
Minorities across the globe are suffering and the entire world chooses to stay silent simply because they’re not White or Christian. Where’s the love for the people who are facing oppression worldwide, receiving little to no coverage?
A still from a photoshoot taken in Whittier. Lawson often collaborates with two photographers in the majority of his photoshoots, Kevin (@wrongkev) and Jeremiah (@jjerabano). This one in particular is taken by Kevin.

Taymon Lawson audio interview on being raised by a single mother, influence of social media

Rafael Magana
May 18, 2021
Lawson gives some insight as to how the internet can change the way that some single parents can approach raising their children.
Shown here is the Parler logo. A District Court judge in Seattle ruled that Amazon’s cloud-computing division was within its rights to boot Parler from its servers. Judge Barbara Rothstein opined that forcing Amazon to get Parler back online goes against the public interest, given “the kind of abusive, violent content at issue in this case, particularly in light of the recent riots at the U.S. Capitol.” Photo credit: Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/TNS

Biden’s election won’t solve our social media driven division

Lola Ajetunmobi and Sean Davis
January 21, 2021
With the end of the Trump presidency, we are now fully aware of the power of social media to shape public perception. Without big changes, this issue isn't going away.
Cerritos College is introducing a new transfer degree in Filmmaking, Television, and Electronic Media. The degree will prepare students for an ever changing media landscape.

Fine Arts and Communication brings new multimedia degree to light

Kianna Znika, Editor in Chief
May 17, 2020
Beginning Fall 2020, Cerritos College students may apply for the new AS-T degree in Film, Television and Electronic Media.
OPINION: Following others just to unfollow them and gain "clout" is an annoying trend on Instagram.

The follow-unfollow cycle is a social media curse

Keanu Ruffo, Staff Writer
April 25, 2020
This method of social media engagement has been a popular-unpopular problem in the Instagram community.
Professor Amanda Reyes and Dr. Kimberly Rosenfeld held a presentation in the Cheryl Epple Board Room on March 21 as part of a series of Women's History Month events at Cerritos College. The presentation focused on the connection between social media and gender roles.

Digital media and gender roles in today’s society

Elizabeth Corcoles
March 27, 2018

In continuation with Women's History Month, professor Amanda Reyes and Dr. Kimberly Rosenfeld held a presentation in the Cheryl Epple Board Room regarding issues on gender roles and how digital media affects...

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