Necessary Conversations: Social Media and Body Image | Talalah Kahn | 257

What you see on social media is not real. Surprised? You shouldn't be. This week's Necessary Conversation is with Graduate Student and Researcher Talalah Kahn. She shares her perspective and some concerning facts about the media and integrated marketing communications. 

On Today's Show Dave and Talalah Discuss

• What it's like to come to the US as a college student from Pakistan
• How social media influences young women
• How social media influences everyone - including you
• How to determine fact from fabrication
• The role of integrated marketing communications in business
• The use of social media as a news aggregator and why that's dangerous
• Ways to help people break free from that trap of :group think" and confirmation bias
• And much more

About Talalah Kahn

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Talalah is currently a Master’s student of Integrated Marketing Communication at Florida State University. She is  particularly interested in the study of New Media Technologies and Body Image, with a focus on the empirical exploration of societal and corporate implications.
 
Her current research endeavors include research papers on social media and effects, differences in luxury consumption patterns among various ethnic groups and gender communities, and social media influencers versus traditional celebrities in the field of product endorsement.