Tag: social media

GE2019: Asymmetric Advertising Is the New Fake News, and the Tories May Be Using It to Hijack Your Social Media
Social media could win this election and the Tories know they are at a disadvantage, with users skewing young and leftwing. Researcher Stuart Mills thinks the Conservatives may have come up with a hack: using deliberately bad or contentious content to try and bait us into sharing their posts.
GE2019: The Media Is Biased Against Jeremy Corbyn – but Does That Even Matter in This Election?
As a general election approaches, the biased British press is expected to ramp up its campaign to delegitimise and demonise Jeremy Corbyn, writes professor Bart Cammaerts. But how much power does the press actually have anymore, when social media now allows politicians to speak directly to the electorate?
Screen Capitalism: The Twittering Machine
James Butler is joined by Richard Seymour to discuss his book 'The Twittering Machine'.
The Employability Industry: How Platforms Profit From ‘Brand You’
It's time we see our so-called brands for what they are: vital data and profits for social media giants. To cut off this source of data we need a radical policy programme that privileges worker security and wellbeing, writes Phil Jones.
Brexit: State, Sovereignty, Power
After May's Brexit deal fell apart in parliament this week, James Butler is joined by Richard Seymour to pick apart the deep politics behind Brexit.
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Stop Trump?
Ahead of Trump's visit to the UK – and the protests to accompany it – James Butler is joined by Ash Sarkar and Richard Seymour to discuss the first 18 months of the Trump regime, transatlantic politics post-Brexit, and the uses of political protest.
A New Dark Age?
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by James Bridle, to discuss the politics of technology, silicon prometheanism, how to think about the present – and why nothing seemed to happen after the Snowden leaks.
Choice: Break up Facebook – or Take It Into Public Ownership? I Am Not Kidding
The emerging scandal over Facebook's role in the manipulation of user data raises questions over the future of tech giants that hold massive amounts of our information. So how do we solve a problem like Facebook?
Rooftopping: The Right to the City
For some, rooftopping, or urban exploring, is a radical practice, a way of reclaiming public space and turning the city into a site of play. However, others argue it has been co-opted by the logic of capital, resulting in the sacrifice of progressive politics for sponsorship deals and social media fame.
Solidarity at Sea: Could Facebook Help Cruise Workers Fight Back?
Cruise workers experience both some of the worst working conditions and unique barriers to collective organising. Can social media networks help crew members overcome these barriers and provide a starting point for building a movement?
Long Read: The World After 2016: 6 New Rules in Politics
Brexit. Trump. The ubiquity of Facebook. The fracturing of historically-dominant political parties. The political certainties of yesterday are out of the window, and there's more up for grabs than we know.
Long Read: Media Bias and the ‘News’ Form: A Historical Critique
Sunday Long Read: From its damning narrative arcs to its historical revisionism, the mainstream media presents challenges for a left which seeks to fundamentally change society, so what can we learn from the history of ‘the news’?
Long Read: Vloggers of the World, Unite? A Marxist Analysis of YouTube
Sunday Long Read: Can Marx's theory of alienation help us understand the work of the many thousands of part-time and full-time independent creators who make YouTube the world's third most-used site?