OMG, a Right-Wing Jerk Can Buy Twitter! Media Concentration Matters
Why is everyone surprised that social media owners can have overt political agendas? Dean Baker comments.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Andrew Hamlin discusses the Universal Triumph of Love and Healing via Michelle Yeoh’s latest.
Schadenfreude and Social Media
Melissa Kerman meditates on the eternal dialectic and its place in social media.
Journal of the Plague Year: Quarantine Girl
Omar Willey gets reflective about a year of COVID-19 and cinema.
Can the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Really Preserve Local Journalism? Probably Not.
Politicians say they want to protect local journalism from Big Tech. But can they? Lisa Macpherson writes.
Media Representations of Race and the Pandemic
Media and officials continue to blame racial minorities in a way that does not feature for white-majority communities, some of whom are boldly defying the lockdown. Why does this happen? Dr. Zuleyka Zevallos writes.
Pandemic Accelerates Global Decline in Digital Freedom
Governments around the world are using the global pandemic as an opportunity to tighten their grip on information flow. Brian Perlman writes.
The Forensic Methods Reporters Are Using to Reveal Attacks by Security Forces
A guide to how reporting teams have applied forensics to the new open source journalism.
Beyond the Illustrated Text: Choke
Omar Willey puts together words and stuff about Gregory Hatanaka’s latest film.

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