More and more influencers are surgically changing the way they look and Instagram accounts are being created to expose them

Are influencers genuinely interested in books or is it all just for the ‘aesthetic’?

Lilly Rosenberg reflects on her year with no social media and explains why she no longer feels guilty about her scrolling habits

Is it time to remove the dopamine-infused ‘like’ feature on Instagram? Phoebe Moore discusses

Fashion Editor Alice Porter sits down with fashion blogger Onyi Moss to discuss honing in on your skills in the influencer industry, career paths and promoting sustainability as a content-creator

Bayse Genc reviews Javaad Alipoor’s “Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran”

Social media is addictive, and can be toxic, but is also an accessible platform for artists to share their work – writer Aisha Al-Janabi shares a few of her favourites

Mancunion arts contributors discuss their favourite pieces of street art currently in Manchester

Brian Corso’s directorial debut Public Figure is a visually stylish and extremely nuanced look at the public’s growing obsession with social media

5 hot selfie spots around Manchester

Fyre festival was set to be the biggest event of the year, promoted by dozens of industry influencers…until it all went wrong.

The social media world can be a minefield of fakery and misconception – The Mancunion looks at the best wholesome accounts online

Cleaning is the newest weapon in the battle against the highly filtered unreality of lifestyle influencers – Sophia Ashby discusses the success of ‘cleanfluencers’ in an age of materialism

You could say Jonah’s style isn’t superbad, it’s supergood

It is no mystery that social media has shaped the way we interact. However, new studies have found that online platforms are contributing to relationships becoming increasingly superficial

Claudia Hedger takes you through the ins and outs of her society, Content Creators

Instagram is full of fitness related accounts, but how damaging is ‘fitspiration’? Emma Price looks at the wealth of misinformation spread by influencers, and the impact it has on both mental and physical health

Megan Ritchie writes about how social media filters and edits the University experience so that a damaging glorified image of student life prevails online

In a follow-up article on the female fitness industry, Emma Price exposes the detrimental impacts male fitness influencers can have on both physical and mental wellbeing

With lip fillers being marketed as cheap as a haircut, we examine the unregulated terrain that is the booming UK aesthetic surgery industry.