Jeremy Littau

Lehigh University

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Associate professor of journalism and communication at Lehigh University.

Jeremy Littau on KCRW

Instagram is doing an experiment in Canada: hiding likes. Users can still see who liked their posts, but their followers can’t.

How could hiding likes on Instagram affect influencers and advertisers?

Instagram is doing an experiment in Canada: hiding likes. Users can still see who liked their posts, but their followers can’t.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The news media took another major hit this week. BuzzFeed, the Huffington Post, and Gannett (which owns newspapers big and small nationwide) all announced layoffs.

With newspapers crashing, is it up to citizen journalists to step up?

The news media took another major hit this week. BuzzFeed, the Huffington Post, and Gannett (which owns newspapers big and small nationwide) all announced layoffs.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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