Politics
Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.
Audience Strategy: further reading (listening?) Paid Members Public
More bonus links for my students, with a distinct MAGA world theme…
We are become meme Paid Members Public
Internet culture has infected and mutated mainstream culture — and the shitposters have the reins of power. Meme journalism used to be a joke. Now it's a necessity.
Your coffee reading, or the Monday linkdump Paid Members Public
For your amusement and edification as you sip your coffee
Rule 1: Never trust Facebook Paid Members Public
Zuckerberg is MAGAing Facebook and Instagram. But he's always done what suits the company, not what helps the users.
X predicts a riot Paid Members Public
Has the loosened moderation under Elon Musk lead to the thuggery on the UK's streets over the weekend? Plus a glimpse at the possible future of search.
One year until TikTok is banned in the USA Paid Members Public
The US Senate votes to force Bytedance to sell TikTok — or see it banned in the US. Social media is the new geopolitical battleground.
The Politics of TikTok, Reddit explained, and Google gamed Paid Members Public
Could a US ban on TikTok trigger a social media power struggle? And how did the Verge use ChatGPT to game Google?
Why the Twitter road crash is more serious than you think Paid Members Public
Plus the growing evidence that AI chat search is far from ready for prime time, and some great reads on both how ChatGPT actually works and what’s behind “hot, lonely women” catfishing scams
