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Media literacy is the ability to critically evaluate various forms of media, including television, movies, advertisements, news articles, etc. → Read More
When robots set a timer for your pie's baking time, they're charming. When they start bugging you about buying expensive printer ink cartridges, they cross the line. → Read More
"A lot of white people have been terrified, and there's profit in the terror -- algorithmic profit from these networks that don't care about the content," said Baratunde Thurston. → Read More
There's a confluence of events driving us toward a change in how teens are targeted by tech. → Read More
My takes on documentaries I saw about actors Michael J Fox and Brooke Shields, and fashion activist Bethann Hardison. → Read More
Netflix's shift from DVDs to streaming revolutionized online video, while Kim's Video -- once NYC's premier spot for video rental -- has had a surprising reinvention. → Read More
Comparing two events: One took place Jan. 6, 2021, the other Aug. 28, 1963. → Read More
Roku announced at CES that it was going to get into the flat-screen business with Roku-branded TVs. → Read More
"I received zero communication from the company on why I was suspended or what terms I violated," Lorenz posted. → Read More
"We need young people to develop the very skills that screen time takes away, like slowing down to hear someone else's point of view." → Read More
Braxton Woodham's vision for a distributed social network. → Read More
Crime reports sell papers and glue viewers to the screen, even if the data says that NYC is in fact pretty damn safe. → Read More
Checking in with tech reformer Roger McNamee, who says "the role of media in our society is to be a countervailing force to power." → Read More
Steven Spielberg's autobiographical new movie "The Fabelmans" brought me back to the sounds of my childhood as well. → Read More
Among those who've "paused" campaigns on Twitter: L'Oreal, General Motors, General Mills, Apple, Best Buy, Coca-Cola, Amazon, P&G. → Read More
Social media is at the core of these misaligned incentives, so I'll focus on that here. → Read More
Gas is the social network currently the rage among American high school students. → Read More
As anyone who's been engaged in an extended list of phone service calls knows, Dante's circle of hell in the phone queue is one of life's great indignities. → Read More
Can Twitter under Elon Musk be the home of a free speech absolutist policy as he has promised, and operate without limits in Saudi Arabia? → Read More
Molly Rose Russell was by all accounts a normal 14-year-old schoolgirl -- and an example of how toxic social media could be. → Read More