"hey also see opportunities for women to have an equal place on the page and on the screen, and for the Captain Marvel character to grow as an icon of female representation and empowerment. "What Captain Marvel needed to be when she debuted in the 1960s is very different than what she needs to be in 2019, when she's anchoring a major film," said Kelly Thompson, the current author of the Captain Marvel comic book series. "The film has her poised to be more important to more people than ever, and comics gets to be the proving ground for the character.""

"We've offered blogging advice before and felt the topic was worth a revisit. That's why we asked you, our community of talented writers, to share your best blogging tips with us. Thanks for all the excellent recommendations you shared with us over Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Here are some of our favorites:"

"For Gansky, the decision to tackle media literacy as part of an education in the culture industry at large-with attention paid to journalism as well as film, advertising, video games, and other kinds of storytelling-is about restoring a sense of political agency lost in the hyperpolarized world in which Ross kids live. His most effective message to the class is "You guys are living in a sort of media narrative that's been designed for you," he tells me. "And they kind of perk up across the board, whether we're people who read news or who play Fortnite. That's when you start to see, across nationalities, folks begin to go, 'I can interrogate that. My video game is actually worth analyzing the same way that a news article is.' ""

"Whether it is the Covington controversy or the abortion debate, it's critical to remember that people are not the sum of their worst moments in life."

"The platform's youngest stars owe their fame to their parents' intense work behind the scenes."

"Googling yourself has become a rite of passage."

"Warning! Please read, this is real," she tweeted. "There is a thing called 'Momo' that's instructing kids to kill themselves," the attached screenshot of a Facebook post reads. "INFORM EVERYONE YOU CAN." Maximoff's plea has been retweeted more than 22,000 times, and the screenshot, featuring the creepy face of "Momo," has spread like wildfire across the internet. Local news hopped on the story Wednesday, amplifying it to millions of terrified parents. Kim Kardashian even posted a warning about the so-called Momo challenge to her 129 million Instagram followers. To any concerned parents reading this: Do not worry. The "Momo challenge" is a recurring viral hoax that has been perpetuated by local news stations and scared parents around the world. This entire cycle of shock, terror, and outrage about Momo even took place before, less than a year ago: Last summer, local news outlets across the country reported that the Momo challenge was spreading among teens via WhatsApp. Previously, rumors about the challenge spread throughout Latin America and Spanish-speaking countries."

"Whatever the post may be, could you figure out if it was legit, and explain how you got there? For the last eight weeks, MediaWise's teen fact-checkers have done exactly that. Eighteen students across the country have helped fact-check the internet by creating videos that focus on how you can debunk misinformation online. "

"Diversity and inclusion were the big winners at the 91st Annual Academy Awards. In the years since the #OscarsSoWhite campaign, launched by April Reign in 2015, the Academy has added more than 1,500 new voters-an increase of almost 30%. And the improvements in representation among nominees and winners were evident from the start of the ceremony. Even though there were no women nominated for Best Director, and none of the Best Picture nominees was directed by a woman (despite many critically acclaimed potential nominees) there was still much to celebrate at this years' Oscars."

"I've been a heavy phone user for my entire adult life. But sometime last year, I crossed the invisible line into problem territory. My symptoms were all the typical ones: I found myself incapable of reading books, watching full-length movies or having long uninterrupted conversations. Social media made me angry and anxious, and even the digital spaces I once found soothing (group texts, podcasts, YouTube k-holes) weren't helping. I tried various tricks to curb my usage, like deleting Twitter every weekend, turning my screen grayscale and installing app-blockers. But I always relapsed. Eventually, in late December, I decided that enough was enough. I called Catherine Price, a science journalist and the author of "How to Break Up With Your Phone," a 30-day guide to eliminating bad phone habits. And I begged her for help."

"If you're not already logging and quantifying your moods, don't worry. Apple declared self-care apps the top app trend of 2018, and they've been growing in number by the month. There are thousands available to guide you along your happiness journey. And while it's hard to come out against a pro-snacking, nap-positive app genre, the boom in self-care and digital wellness shouldn't automatically be a cause for celebration. It's a reason for pause  - and maybe even cause for concern, given the questionable quality of some of them. "

"The Chinese authorities turned to a Massachusetts company and a prominent Yale researcher as they built an enormous system of surveillance and control."

" Nestlé, Epic Games and other major brands said on Wednesday that they had stopped buying advertisements on YouTube after their ads appeared on children's videos where pedophiles had infiltrated the comment sections. The companies acted after a YouTube user posted a video this week to point out this behavior. For the most part, the videos targeted by pedophiles did not violate YouTube's rules and were innocent enough - young girls doing gymnastics, playing Twister or stretching - but the videos became overrun with suggestive remarks directed at the children."

"The study also showed that students who didn't use electronic devices but attended lectures where their use was allowed also performed worse on tests."

"Tinder may well have helped save marriage as an institution, simply by bringing us more of them. Not to mention faster. Again contrary to conventional wisdom, researchers say online meeting-based marriages happen more quickly after the first date. The jury is still out on whether online-based marriages are more or less likely to end in divorce; there are studies that point in both directions. Call it a wash.  Either way, this is our new romantic landscape. At least one third of all marriages in the U.S. are now between partners who met online. That's more than 600,000 couples every year who would, in any other era, have remained total strangers.  The influence of these internet-minted couples on the dating world isn't over when they marry; it is just getting started. Internet marrieds get to play yentas. They can set up friends on dates with each other - still a thing, even in this day and age.  Who knows how far out the ripple effects go, how many people who would never dream of being on Tinder and Bumble have the course of their lives changed by swipes and matches regardless.  "

"With the advent of "fake news", social media and non-stop media bombardment, three leading media literacy educators explain why media literacy is more important now than ever before."

"We're talking to fact-checkers and researchers about how they do what they do in an era of disinformation campaigns and news fatigue."

"In a paper published this week in Aging, Horvath and his colleague Ake T. Lu formally announced a project they've been teasing for a couple months now: a "time to death" clock called DNAm GrimAge that they claim can predict, better than any other tool, when a given person might die. It was announced in tandem with AgeAccelGrim, which provides a countdown to the year you'll develop cancer or coronary heart disease. The research has already captured the attention of the life insurance industry. After all, a solid death date could mean real savings when it comes to pricing policies."

"On its 15th anniversary, a look at how the site has changed social life by keeping weak connections on life support forever"

"It started as a viral tweet and video clip and ended in a political firestorm."