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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – OCTOBER 15, 2024  
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October 15, 2024
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_ New attacks on free speech for Palestine advocates _

Comics icon Tintin in action. Credit, Hergé

 

* Addicted to TikTok
* Assigning Free Speech Rights
* The New Age of Viral Political Videos
* CBS vs Ta-Nehisi Coates
* The SNL Movie
* AI News
* Musk’s Gift to Trolls and Stalkers
* What ‘Tintin’ Tells Us About Imperialism
* A Woke Video Game
* Social Service Snake Oil From Big Tech

ADDICTED TO TIKTOK
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By Edith Olmsted
The New Republic

TikTok is well aware of just how harmful it is to young
users. Internal research at TikTok found that “compulsive usage
correlates with a slew of negative mental health effects like loss of
analytical skills, memory formation, contextual thinking,
conversational depth, empathy, and increased anxiety.”

Assigning Free Speech Rights
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By Ari Paul
FAIR

What are the limits of free speech on a college campus? _The New York
Times_ has deployed one of its highest-ranking soldiers in the
culture war against liberalism to remind us that the speech of white
supremacists must be defended, but criticism of Israel and support for
Palestinian human rights are going too far.

THE NEW AGE OF VIRAL POLITICAL VIDEOS
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By Kyndall Cunningham
Vox

Videos claiming that someone “silenced” another party in a
discussion about politics abound on social media. There are now nearly
unavoidable clips of conservative personalities arguing with college
students at liberal universities or leftist commentators on their
social platforms. Meanwhile, videos of random folks with
polar-opposite political views arguing over hot-button issues are on
the rise. 

CBS VS TA-NEHISI COATES
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By Justin Baragona
Zeteo 

Blowback on the ambushing of author Coates in a CBS Morning News
interview is shaking up the network. Interviewer Tony Dokoupil baited
Coates as an “extremist” for opposing Israel’s war. It’s a
new line being drawn in accepted discourse.

THE SNL MOVIE
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By Caryn James
BBC

Saturday Night Live has achieved legendary status – not a good thing
for what is still meant to be a living, breathing comedy show. Jason
Reitman's film, Saturday Night, a loving but flimsy fictional account
of the 90 minutes leading up to the first episode in 1975, was
released last week. 

AI NEWS

 • GLOBAL ELECTIONS
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 By Rayna Breuer, Deutsche Welle 

 • AI, NEOLIBERALISM AND UNIVERSITIES
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  By Katy Hayward, Red Pepper

 • AI CHATBOTS
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  By James Vincent, London Review of Books
 

MUSK’S GIFT TO TROLLS AND STALKERS
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By Claire Cohen
Independent 

Removing the ability to block other users is shortsighted at
best. Make no mistake: removing the function will make harassment
easier, allowing trolls to see what their targets have posted,
screenshot it and share it with their own followers. 

WHAT ‘TINTIN’ TELLS US ABOUT IMPERIALISM
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By Andrew Ancheta
Current Affairs

Hergé’s comics are infamous for their portrayals of colonized
peoples, but they are useful for understanding the imperialist
worldview. Each new Tintin adventure came with a new excuse to insert
himself into a world where he felt increasingly unwelcome. By the last
page, the mask is off, as Tintin pulls off one last putsch before
returning to his European home. 

A WOKE VIDEO GAME
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By Ash Parrish
The Verge

I no longer expect video games that tackle the subjects of racism and
discrimination through fantasy to surprise me. But _Metaphor:
ReFantazio_ has done the work, and its willingness to go beyond
surface-level treatments of tired fantasy tropes to dig at the heart
of the real issues with racism and discrimination is exactly what
makes it a phenomenal game. 

SOCIAL SERVICE SNAKE OIL FROM BIG TECH
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By David Moscrop
Jacobin

Tech bros promising “community engagement” are trying to cash in
on health equity. Silicon Valley’s answer to social welfare involves
slapping a progressive label on subscription social services while
monetizing the safety net.

* TikTok
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* social media addiction
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* new york times
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* Israel/Palestine
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* Free Speech
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* videos
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* CBS
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* Ta-Nehisi Coates
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* saturday night live
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* Saturday Night
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* artificial intelligence
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* elections
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* universities
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* Chatbots
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* Elon Musk
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* X/Twitter
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* Tintin
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* video games
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* Metaphor: ReFantazio
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* Big Tech
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* privatization
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