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Jan 20, 2025 | 
phys.org | Lauren Siegel
As the world has watched the Los Angeles wildfires, seeing the loss and destruction that accompanies environmental disaster, some influencers have seen opportunity. Selfie-seekers have been spotted using the wildfires as a backdrop for their social media content.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
studyfinds.org | Lauren Siegel
Flames engulf a structure as the Palisades Fire rages during a powerful windstorm on Los Angeles' west side, showcasing nature's ferocity. (Photo by Arprince on Shutterstock)As the world has watched the Los Angeles wildfires, seeing the loss and destruction that accompanies environmental disaster, some influencers have seen opportunity. Selfie-seekers have been spotted using the wildfires as a backdrop for their social media content.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
theconversation.com | Lauren Siegel
As the world has watched the Los Angeles wildfires, seeing the loss and destruction that accompanies environmental disaster, some influencers have seen opportunity. Selfie-seekers have been spotted using the wildfires as a backdrop for their social media content. Videos have circulated of would-be influencers filming dances and videos in the shadows of the disaster area.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
tolerance.ca | Lauren Siegel
By Lauren A. Siegel, Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events, University of Greenwich
As the world has watched the Los Angeles wildfires, seeing the loss and destruction that accompanies environmental disaster, some influencers have seen opportunity. Selfie-seekers have been spotted using the wildfires as a backdrop for their social media content.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
citybiz.co | Jeff Singer |Lauren Siegel |Kevin Parker
Like its predecessors, the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services (MOHS) has been quietly destroying encampments of people who are unable to compete for increasingly unaffordable housing. On January 10, MOHS tore down an encampment at Mt. Royal and Guilford Avenues. It is planning to eliminate a similar encampment in Wyman Park Dell very soon. This winter we have contacted MOHS seeking emergency shelter for people with no alternative to sleeping outside.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
mathvalues.org | Lauren Siegel
Connecting with math outside the classroom can mean more than writing contrived contexts for word problems. Imagine a world where visitors who are exploring a natural environment, pausing to look at specimens of animals and plants, could interact simultaneously with tools of mathematics that help them understand and relate specifically to that place, content, and context. Visitors to the Austin Nature and Science Center enjoy precisely that experience.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
canarias7.es | Lauren Siegel
Ahora que la gente ve con frecuencia a sus contactos más próximos en redes sociales viajar a lugares exóticos, asume (conscientemente o no) que el comportamiento que habitualmente llevan a cabo en casa también es aceptable en esos destinos de vacaciones. Cuando tomamos decisiones sobre nuestro comportamiento fijándonos en lo que hacen los demás hablamos de prueba social. Y es un fenómeno muy habitual en redes sociales.
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Oct 5, 2023 | 
thenewdaily.com.au | Lauren Siegel
Travel is back in full swing, and so is bad behaviour by tourists. Popular destinations have seen an uptick in incidents involving tourists in recent years. Reports of a man defacing the Colosseum in Rome shows that behaviour has deteriorated even in places that rarely had problems in the past. What’s behind these abhorrent acts? One answer, my research shows, is social media.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
newshub.co.nz | Lauren Siegel
By Lauren A Siegel of CNNTravel is back in full swing this summer, and so is bad behaviour by tourists. Popular destinations have seen an uptick in incidents involving tourists in recent years. Reports of a man defacing the Colosseum in Rome shows that behaviour has deteriorated even in places that rarely had problems in the past. What's behind these abhorrent acts? One answer, my research shows, is social media.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
albanyherald.com | Lauren Siegel
Travel is back in full swing this summer, and so is bad behaviour by tourists. Popular destinations have seen an uptick in incidents involving tourists in recent years. Reports of a man defacing the Colosseum in Rome shows that behavior has deteriorated even in places that rarely had problems in the past.
