Tag: media platforms

• The Next Social Graph: Splits, Supports and Attributions

  May 23, 2021

  So this new graph isn’t about who you ‘friend’ or follow, but who you attribute, who you support, and who inspires and supports you. Not as social gestures, but inscribed… more ›

• Why Messenger is Facebook’s key to the future of communication

  May 16, 2021

  The reason why messaging apps are so popular and continue to grow, and more and more people are spending more and more time on them, is just because communicating with… more ›

• With Gay Burger, the pop-up model got an influencer twist

  May 16, 2021

  Within a few days, Gay Burger’s viral moment passed. Now, the brand is no longer operational. Its brief peak resembled the product drop approach of a big brand like Supreme,… more ›

• The Rise of Private Spies

  May 16, 2021

  There’s nothing new about private investigators and operatives; as early as the nineteenth century, mill and mine owners paid the Pinkerton National Detective Agency to infiltrate and disrupt labor union movements. But… more ›

• Data isn’t oil, so what is it?

  May 16, 2021

  All these metaphors imagine public data as a huge, passive, untapped resources – lakes of stuff that only has value when it is extracted and processed. But this framing completely… more ›

• William Davies, The Politics of Recognition in the Age of Social Media, NLR 128, March–April 2021

  May 16, 2021

  In the decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, critical theorists paid renewed attention to what Charles Taylor famously called ‘the politics of recognition’. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii128/articles/william-davies-the-politics-of-recognition-in-the-age-of-social-media more ›

• Apple robbed the mob’s bank

  May 16, 2021

  Last week, Apple introduced a new ad unit to the App Store: a paid placement on its Search page. https://mobiledevmemo.com/apple-robbed-the-mobs-bank/ more ›

• The Strange, Soothing World of Instagram’s Computer-Generated Interiors

  May 10, 2021

  The spaces project order and calm, and rely on a visual vocabulary of affluence, indulgence, and restraint. They are uncluttered and private; welcoming but undamaged by human use. They are… more ›

• ByteDance Eyes a New $185 Billion Business Ahead of Mega IPO

  May 10, 2021

  Want the lowdown on what’s moving Asia’s markets in your inbox every morning? Sign up here. Zhang Yiming built ByteDance Ltd. into the world’s most valuable private company via a string… more ›

• What Is an Entertainment Company in 2021 and Why Does the Answer Matter?

  May 9, 2021

  Historically, we defined an entertainment company around its core offering. Marvel was a comic book company, Mattel a toy company, ESPN a sports network, etc. When people think of the… more ›