Episode 85

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24th Jan 2025

#85: Derek Thompson - The Anti-Social Century

In this episode Barry and Mike discuss Derek Thompson’s Atlantic essay, “The Anti-Social Century.”  They discuss how the evolution of media technologies over the last 50 years, culminating in the development of AI  have produced our current state of technologically enhanced solitude.

The Anti-Social Century

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Critical Media Studies
The Critical Media Studies podcast discusses the interplay of technology and culture from an academic perspective. In each episode we consider the work of a prominent thinker in the field of critical media studies and discuss the implications of their work in relation to other thinkers and in light of current social contexts.

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