The new movie Tár (https://t.co/pfzsNWEvWK) has the best content warning ever in the NYTimes: "R rated. Violent dissonance." Really? I don't think Mahler's dissonance deserves an R. Ok, maybe Schönberg's an R, but Mahler's safe at PG13.
An article on reality media by Maria Engberg @MariaAnnaME and me has just appeared in the Journal of Visual Culture @JVCJournal. Part of a special issue edited by Brooke Belisle and Paul Roquet https://t.co/Pe9D3kF4VS
Shout out to researchers Colin Freeman and @jaybolter@GeorgiaTech for giving us a tour of their incredibly detailed #SocialVR Parthenon scene in Hubs. What a powerful way to learn about cultural heritage!
To explore their work yourself visit https://t.co/H7AsjKyU7p
Question for the left: If multinationals corporations have usurped the role of national governments, why are they allowing Trump to dismantle the global trading system? https://t.co/vjtdF2BRkO
Question for the right: If deregulation is so good for business, why do major companies such as GM and BP oppose Trump’s deregulation policies? https://t.co/2GHp40VSLr
'From Emergence to Convergence' Take a look at this special issue from @Convergence_NMT celebrating their 100th edition! Click here for the #TableofContents https://t.co/YQK0SMHeQr
Social media can spread lies and conspiracy theories. But it’s not just the content; it's also the form of services such as Twitter and Instagram that makes them dangerous for politics, writes @jaybolter: https://t.co/xeHNC86PAQ
“All you've got to know is this: right now the government of the United States is sitting on top of the Washington Monument, right on the very point, tilting right and left and ready to fall off and break up on the pavement…”
(Senator Clarke in the film Seven Days in May)
Attending a fascinating dissertation defense at Malmö University: Jacek Smolicki defending his work on digital “capture culture” in conversation with Joanna Zylinska.