The Twitter Elegies (& Mastodon Scolds) with Rebecca Colesworthy & Jeff Jarvis
In the finale episode of “Social Problems,” a (slightly more) optimistic look at the present and future of social media.
Category: Social Problems
The seventh season of “The American Vandal Podcast” inspired by a year of chaos on social media, climaxing with the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk.
Reckless Monetization, Surveillance Kleptocracy, & Olivia Snow’s Villain Origin Story
As the Elon Musk era at Twitter descends ever further into chaos, we discuss the canaries in the coal mine of surveillance, shadowbanning, algorithmic censorship, and deplatforming: sex workers.
The Plausible End of Social Media, Downscaling, & The Latent Celebrity Mindset with Ian Bogost
New episode of The American Vandal Podcast inspired by Ian Bogost’s editorial in The Atlantic on “The Age of Social Media is Ending.”
The Collapse of Twitter, Zombie Cyberlibertarianism, & Commercial Content Moderation with Sarah T. Roberts
With the end of Twitter seemingly imminent, content moderation and social media expert, Sarah T. Roberts, discusses Elon Musk’s ideology, the labor of social media, and the migration to Mastodon.