Selfies on a Stick, and the Social-Content Challenge for the Media
The tendency to listen to the holy music of the self is reflected not only in the selfie stick, but also in apps like Snapchat and Instagram, which pose a profound challenge for media companies.
View ArticleDeal Makers Invade CES, the Land of Geeks
The International CES has become a kind of Woodstock for marketers, brands, agencies and media companies.
View ArticleBefore They Went Bad
Bob Odenkirk prepares for the new show “Better Call Saul,” which features the character he played on “Breaking Bad.”
View ArticleFlocking to Buy Charlie Hebdo, Citizens Signal Their Support of Free Speech
The sentiment that drove the sales probably had less to do with those messages and more to do with the impulse to preserve a world in which the speech of the many cannot be held hostage by a few.
View ArticleWhy the Oscars’ Omission of ‘Selma’ Matters
In general, the film academy and the industry it mirrors manage diversity the same way that corporate America does, by ticking off boxes.
View ArticleUnease for What Microsoft’s HoloLens Will Mean for Our Screen-Obsessed Lives
Something about Microsoft’s new HoloLens technology feels unnerving, especially when considered against the dark television series “Black Mirror.”
View ArticleMedia Titans Murdoch and Bloomberg at Play in Politics and News
Rupert Murdoch and Michael Bloomberg are extremely successful businessmen who spend many hours on noneconomic parts of their businesses because they can, and because it is fun.
View ArticleBrian Williams, Retreading Memories From a Perch Too Public
For some time now, there have been two versions of Brian Williams. One is an Emmy-winning, sober, talented anchor on the “NBC Nightly News” and the other is a funny, urbane celebrity.
View ArticleKings of Their Crafts, but on Divergent Paths
Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” is leaving on his own terms, while Brian Williams was suspended after an untruth was exposed.
View ArticleDavid Carr’s Last Word on Journalism, Aimed at Students
Mr. Carr, who died Thursday, was a funny, demanding, optimistic teacher of reporters-to-be at Boston University, and his syllabus distills his sense of an unfolding digital age. Excerpts here serve as...
View ArticleBrian Williams Suspended From NBC for 6 Months Without Pay
The suspension, which came after the news anchor acknowledged exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq, capped a rapid fall from grace.
View ArticleA Trust Buster for the New ‘Knowledge Monopoly’
Franklin Foer argues that Silicon Valley is an “existential threat” to the individual and society.
View ArticleBiden’s Gaffes, and Why We Hate Politicians Talking About Us Behind Our Backs
You used to need a secret recording to learn what politicians said in private. Now we can get the same illicit thrill from their public statements.
View Article¿Por qué no puedes dejar de ver las pantallas ajenas?
Las pantallas ajenas revolotean a nuestro alrededor mientras esperamos en la fila del café o nos transportamos en autobús o tren. Son ventanas que dejan ver la vida de las personas, su cerebro, sus...
View ArticleNot the Bots We Were Looking For
Technologists once told us that social bots would change our lives forever. They were right — but not in the way they expected.
View ArticleThe Return of the Techno-Moral Panic
In the 1990s, they were premature. This time, they might have arrived too late.
View ArticleWho Doesn’t Love to Be ‘Petty’?
On social media, pettiness is celebrated as a comic skill. In the corridors of power, it’s more ominous.
View ArticleThe Conversation: Seven Women Discuss Work, Fairness, Sex and Ambition
Emily Bazelon moderates a round table with Anita Hill, Laura Kipnis, Lynn Povich, Soledad O’Brien, Amanda Hess and Danyel Smith to talk about how — or if — real change is possible.
View ArticleAmerican Politics Is Swamped With ‘Bad Faith’ Actors
Duplicitousness, mendacity, advantage-taking — once someone commits to tactics like these, pointing it out might do as much harm as good.
View ArticleLearning to Fool Our Algorithmic Spies
Social media has put humanity in touch with a new sort of omniscience — the kind we can easily trick.
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