Cultural Criticism

2022-11-17T09:19:16+01:00

After the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk the whole platform seems to be in disarray and to have an uncertain future. Ian Bogost writing at The Atlantic provides some …

2022-10-07T08:44:34+02:00

This article from an Italian newspaper gives a good analysis of the dilemmas presented by the idealized and romanticized images of Italy that foreigners post on social media.

2021-12-19T17:41:50+01:00

The following is a video from Youtube channel Pop Culture Detective discussing the recruitment methods used by the US in Holywood films: The sequel to the 1996 mega-blockbuster …

2021-11-27T21:01:21+01:00

In an opinion piece at The Financial Times, Izabella Kaminska compares the creation of Meta/Facebook’s metaverse to the creation of Las Vegas during The Great Depression of the …

2021-06-29T16:14:36+02:00

In a blog post on Medium Lee Vinsek writes about journalist and academics uncritically using and reproducing the claims of technologies. He further believes that this focus …

2021-04-20T08:50:45+02:00

In an article at The Atlantic Ian Bogost comments on a recent episode of Amazon’s use of social media in a campaign to influence opinion regarding criticisms of the company’s …

2021-04-08T22:41:59+02:00

A blog post at Boardgamegeek collects some recent links discussion changes in boardgames. Some of the points mentioned concern how the industry has changed because of crowd-funded …

2021-04-08T21:51:58+02:00

A humorous article from The Economist explains how “Netflix is creating a common European culture” through their efforts of promoting shows from different European and …

2021-03-07T17:51:24+01:00

Some more interesting articles and quotes critical of the newly popular non-fungible tokens (NFT): In a blog post on medium user everest pipkin claims that the “current ecological …

2021-03-07T09:51:57+01:00

Vox published an article about the recent deal between the financial services company Square and the steaming music service Tidal. They note that a possible outcome of the deal may …