Panther Prowler: the official newspaper of Newbury Park High School

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  • Teen influencers express themselves through social media

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    Kristen Birmingham

    One of the fastest growing forms of self-expression, social media, has inserted itself into day to day life. Most teens at Newbury Park High School interact with these platforms through watching reels, viewing others’ accounts, and posting pictures to their private stories. However, there are also a small number of students who have begun…

  • Revealing the Truth Behind Private Accounts

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    Kate Foultz

    #ThrowbackThursday to the allusive days where the point of social media accounts was to share your videos, pictures and comments with everyone. Today, a new fad is currently sweeping Instagram lovers by storm: finstas, aka “fake Instas”. Finstas are private accounts where the owner tends to only allow 30 to 100 of their closests…