Tribeca 2018: 'Netizens' and 'Every Act of Life'
These important documentaries about online abuse and the works of Terrence McNally attempt to illuminate empathy and social awareness at a time when it is being woefully ignored.
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How do we overcome the human tendency to resist verifiable reality? Lee McIntyre takes this on in this installment of MIT's Essential Knowledge series.
20 Mar 2018
True/False Film Fest: 'Our New President'
The next film from Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer director Maxim Pozdorovkin treats us to Russian propaganda about the United States.
02 Mar 2018
Why Aren't Safe Spaces and Brave Spaces Working in Academia?
University campuses are seething. But telling people to get along with each other is not the answer.
19 Jan 2018
'Glory' Is a Searing Indictment of Social Media Optics Fixation
Anchored by an unflinching cinéma vérité style and a powerful lead performance by Margita Gosheva, Glory (Slava) thrives as a grave parable on the social media economy's corrupting influences against ethics and morality.
15 Jan 2018
Are You Paying Attention? 'The Distracted Mind'
Multi-tasking on your smart phone consumes too many resources, including memory, and can cause the system to "choke". Imagine what it does to your brain.
11 Dec 2017
Google's Burger Emoji: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
To those who would deny the Google burger because it's messy, I say, get a napkin and get over it.
13 Nov 2017
A 21st-century Muckraker Pierces the Heart of the Internet in 'Reading the Comments'
If Eggers' The Circle gave us a glance at the inimical nature of social media via Orwell’s idea of “groupthink”, then Reagle takes us even deeper into why we love to comment on anything and everything.
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The Gospel According to Ricky Gervais (in 140 Characters or Less)
One of today's most accomplished and revered comedic minds has jettisoned himself onto the frontlines of the culture wars where he wittily battles on behalf of humanism, reason, and secularism.
06 Jan 2016
The Brilliant Failure of Miranda July's Social Media App, 'Somebody'
On its web site, the social media app, Somebody, is described as the "antithesis of the utilitarian efficiency that tech promises".
29 Oct 2015
Could YouTube Help Bernie Sanders -- and Hurt Hillary Clinton?
Hillary Clinton may be the Democratic establishment's favorite, but on the Internet, social media users are feelin' the Bern.
01 Sep 2015
Some Memories Just Won't Be Released in 'Unfriended'
Unfriended successfully updates horror movie conventions for a social media savvy audience.
10 Aug 2015
Isn't It Always Complicated, When It Comes to Teens?
Hangouts at a drive-in theater, bowling alley, or mall have moved to online spaces as changes in commuting, school districts, and chronic overscheduling of teens means they need a new way to network.
13 Mar 2014
Daley Pearson Gets Some Strange Phone Calls
Australian writer and director Daley Pearson is funny in all of his creations and conquers every type of comedy he tries.
12 Jan 2014
How We Hurt Each Other: 'Dirty Love'
Dirty Love’s four linked novellas examine the ways we fail one another in love, in all the old-fashioned ways: lies, adultery, criticism, betrayals, booze.
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In Defense of Wanting to Quit the Internet Because of the 2013 Oscars
The barrage of Oscars-related hate on Twitter and other social media can sure kill the fun of the Internet.
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