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Why Movies and TV Use Fake Brands
There's a beer that's shown up in dozens of unrelated movies, a cigarette brand that's been the villain's smoke of choice since the studio era, and an airline that keeps crashing in stories that have nothing to do with each other. None of them are real.
Why horror is the last real genre
Somehow Horror has survived while pretty much every other kind of original genre film has slowly disappeared from the top box office slots... but why?
Why This Shot Works
Every cinematographer has one question to ask before a shot is composed — and it's not about the camera at all.
Why Fascists Love Stories That Hate Them - YouTube
In this video essay, we dive into media literacy and media studies to explore why audiences can watch the exact same story and walk away with completely different readings.
Is TikTok silencing black creators? | Four Corners and triple j Hack investigate
The world’s most popular app is famous for its viral dance videos. A new song is released, somebody choreographs a dance to go with it, and within a few hours, everyone is performing it. But the Black creators behind the moves say TikTok's algorithm is actively discriminating against them.
Why Google, Apple & Big Tech Keep Making Everything Worse | Cory Doctorow and Trevor Noah - YouTube
This week, Trevor and Eugene sit down with science fiction author and tech activist Cory Doctorow to unpack the concept of "enshittification"—the theory that explains the decay of the modern internet and why massive monopolies are deliberately making our tech worse. From Google tanking its own search results to digital stores clawing back video games you just paid for, Cory exposes how predatory corporate tactics make the average consumer suffer. But it’s not all a capitalist horror show; Cory leaves us with a genuine message of hope, breaking down the massive, unprecedented global coalition that is finally fighting back.
The terrifying truth that social media companies don't want you to know - YouTube
In this episode of Ways to Change the World, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to the social psychologist whose work helped ignite a global rethink of childhood in the smartphone age. Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation, argues that social media has fundamentally reshaped the lives of young people – driving rising rates of anxiety and depression, fragmenting attention spans and replacing real-world play with screen time. As Britain follows Australia in introducing restrictions on social media use for children, Haidt explains why he believes an entire generation has been caught up in a “great rewiring of childhood”, why girls and boys have been affected differently, and what parents can do to push back.
Kids Aren't Addicted to Phones — Here's the Data
Is social media actually destroying a generation, or are we in the middle of a massive political moral panic?
Why Great Movies Suddenly Get Close
What is a Close-Up — the five close-up frames from Joseph Mascelli's Five C's of Cinematography, and why the close-up is the most intimate shot in film.
Why Smart Glasses Feel Different This Time
Kylie Jenner is the new face of Meta's AI smart glasses and suddenly, mass surveillance is a fashion trend. Influencers are declaring a "hot surveillance summer," West Village fashion girlies are posting AI glasses selfies, and for thousands of people (not me! lol), cameras on your face have officially gone from creepy to chic. How did we get here?
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