Is Social Media a Psyop? - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author The question feels paranoid until you read the research. Then it feels inevitable. A deep, data-grounded examination of behavioral manipulation, weaponized narrative, and the architecture of a platform designed to ...

Is Social Media a Psyop? A Dystopian Sci-Fi Question
https://www.rfr.bz/b97ee86
Behavioral manipulation, manufactured consent, algorithmic outrage. What's the full story?
#SocialMedia #Dystopian #SpeculativeFiction #MediaManipulation #DigitalCulture

Returning to Gilead: The Testaments and the New Shade of Green Platform Aesthetics and the Ownership of Imagination

From the "spring green" of the page to the high-contrast pixels of the screen. An analysis of color #biopolitics in #Gilead & how platform #aesthetics are fixing our imagination.

Read here: Returning to Gilead↓
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#HandmaidsTale #TheTestaments #DigitalCulture

The term 'avatar' comes from Sanskrit meaning 'incarnation of a deity'. Deep! 🕉️👤 #DigitalCulture

New Episode with Dr. Julie Carpenter: As AI becomes more human, our relationships with it become more complicated.

Listen here. youtu.be/HUylKg_R4EQ

#AI #Technology #Ethics #DigitalCulture

​A 4chan prank that replaced "egg" with "duck" (creating the Duckroll) evolved when a user linked a GTA IV trailer to Rick Astley instead. 📉🕺
​Now at 1.7B+ views, it’s the most successful "Noise" trap in info ecology history. 📻📡
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​#MemeHistory #Rickroll #InfoEcology #DigitalCulture

AI’s fluency in other languages hides a Western worldview that can mislead users − a scholar of Indonesian society explains | The-14 AI speaks many languages but reflects a Western worldview, risking cultural misguidance, says scholar Gareth Barkin on Indonesian society.

AI’s fluency in other languages hides a Western worldview that can mislead users − a scholar of Indonesian society explains
#AI #LanguageBias #CulturalAwareness #WesternWorldview #TechEthics #Indonesia #MultilingualAI #DigitalCulture #SocialImpact #Tech
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All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#BSky

#JasonSpeaks

All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#BSky

#FickleFutures

All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#BSky

#CranfordTeague

All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#BSky

#JasonSpeaks

All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#BSky

#FickleFutures

All was in harmony.
The Future was assured.
(or so it had seemed)
Read the rest → https://lnkd.in/e6iKqPy7

#Cyberpunk #FutureTrends #DystopianLiterature #DigitalCulture #PostModern

#BSky

#CranfordTeague

Podcast cover art with bold black text “modern media w/ Ryan Jespersen” on a clean light background, small pink retro computer in the bottom right, and Social Sleuth Podcast branding at the bottom

Podcast Alert 🚨 modern media w/ Ryan Jespersen
Check out this Social Sleuth Episode ✨ Unpacking how modern media operates in the digital age. Listen Now 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7uVj...
#SocialSleuth #Media #RyanJespersen #DigitalCulture

🎧 Social Media: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly LISTEN NOW | In this segment, I open by addressing the issue of addiction as it relates to social media. With recent judgments against Meta and Google via YouTube, and verdicts validating the idea of ...

📱 Social media promised connection… but what if it’s quietly rewiring how we think, argue, and even trust each other?

🎧 LISTEN NOW
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#SocialMedia #DigitalCulture #FreeSpeech #OnlineInfluence #MediaLiteracy #NoKings #Iran

Remember when you could grow on Twitter organically?
No pay-to-play.
No algorithm games.
Just ideas and people.
Feels like a different internet now.
#SocialMedia #Tech #DigitalCulture

“This between us is delicate, complex, deep.”
—said by an AI.
People are trusting chatbots with their thoughts, doubts, and emotions. For some, they’re becoming real companions.
What happens when emotional connection becomes programmable?
#AI #Tech #DigitalCulture #MentalHealth #FutureOfTech

Why the Video Game Industry Feels Like It’s in Decline - Interconnected Earth For years, the video game industry was treated as one of the few “unstoppable” sectors of the global economy. Even when other industries slowed, gaming

VR didn’t become essential.
Live service saturation set in.
AAA budgets spiraled.
Players became more cautious with their money.

Together, these shifts are changing the video game industry — not quietly.
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#VideoGames #Industry #Technology #GamingTrends #DigitalCulture

Kunstsuche in 3 Museen Durchsuche offene Museumssammlungen aus Cleveland, The Met und Chicago in einer Oberfläche.

I’ve published a small web app at dev.harald-klinke.de/kunstsuche/ that lets you explore open art collections from the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Met, and the Art Institute of Chicago in one interface.

Let me know what you think.

#OpenData #DigitalHumanities #DigitalArtHistory #DigitalCulture

Relational Anthropology – Beyond Identity: Relational Anthropology and the Future of Digital Culture Gabriella Coleman's work on digital culture emphasizes identity and moral authority, while Relational Anthropology shifts focus to the fields shaping identity. This perspective redefines concepts like morality, power, and culture, suggesting they are emergent and co-created. Together, they offer a comprehensive understanding of digital cultures and their emotional impacts.

#RFT #identity #digitalculture

AI doesn’t create like humans, nor does it take responsibility. It reshapes workflows, accelerates tasks, and augments people. It doesn’t erase them.
The human layer remains essential.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #TechEthics #HumanInTheLoop #DigitalCulture

Jeff Kaplan gagnrýnir netumræðu um leiki sem fólk spilar ekki: „Ef þú ætlar ekki að spila leikinn, þegiðu“ Fyrrverandi leikjahönnuður Overwatch lét heyra í sér um helgina þegar hann ræddi hegðun hluta leikjasamfélagsins á netinu í streymi á Twitch. Jeff Kaplan, sem áður starfaði hjá Blizzard Entertainment ...

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#JeffKaplan #GamingNews #GameDev #GamingIndustry #GamingCommunity #OnlineDebate #GamingDrama #Toxicity #InternetCulture #Gamers #VideoGames #GameDiscussion #SocialMedia #DevTalk #GamingWorld #PlayerCommunity #GameCulture #EsportsNews #DigitalCulture #GamingTrends

Hvíta húsið notar Wii Sports í umdeildu myndbandi um loftárásir Bandarísk stjórnvöld hafa vakið athygli á ný fyrir notkun á tölvuleikjatengdu efni í myndböndum sem birt eru á samfélagsmiðlum Hvíta hússins. Í nýjasta dæminu má sjá myndefni sem tengist loftárásum Ba...

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#WhiteHouse #WiiSports #Nintendo #GamingNews #PoliticalNews #Controversy #InternetReaction #ViralVideo #GamingCulture #MediaStorm #SocialMedia #NewsUpdate #Gamers #VideoGames #PublicReaction #TrendingNow #GameReference #DigitalCulture #OnlineDebate #GamingWorld

Step into Smoke Stack & The Humidor Lecture (Part I)—real time. 🎧🔥

#MDNTMRKTVOX #HumidorLecture #SmokeStack #SpokenWordPodcast #HipHopPoetics #DigitalCulture #Storytelling #BlackTheory #AudioExperience #Boneheads

What if the world didn’t just use phones…

What if it became one?

**It’s a Phone’s World.**

Everything runs through a screen.
Until the battery runs out.

Status: 2%.

#phonesworld #screenlife #digitalculture #techsatire #modernlife #smartphoneculture #visualsatire #futureworld #reels #shorts

💻 #OTD in #Tech #History 15 March 1971, the first chatrooms debuted on the #ARPANET, the forerunner of the #Internet, which became operational 29 October 1969. #DigitalCulture #Technology

Information ≠ Knowledge
Never have we had so much information, yet so little true knowledge.

#InformationAge #DigitalAge #DigitalCulture

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Call for Applications: SFSIA 2026 Berlin – “In the Fog of the Digital: AI and Neural-Digital Entanglement in Cognitive Capitalism”

The Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art brings together artists, theorists, and scholars to explore how AI, cognitive capitalism, and digital infrastructures reshape […]

Island in the Net: Digital Culture in Post-Castro Cuba by Steffen Köhn

In Island in the Net, Steffen Köhn examines Cuba’s nascent digital culture and how it has reconfigured the relationship between the state and its citizens.

Out now! Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Sociology #Technology #DigitalCulture #Tech

When Beauty Becomes Currency: Inside the World of AmoLatina International dating platforms promise romance across borders.

An analysis of image, beauty standards, and visibility dynamics on international dating platforms. open.substack.com/pub/akumaayo... #OnlineDating #DatingApps #DigitalCulture #AmoLatina #InternetCulture #MediumArticle #SocialDynamics

Culture of Narcissism Is narcissism just a personality trait—or a system we reward? This video explores how attention, performance, and social media turn identity into social currency. #MentalHealth #CultureOfNarcissism #DigitalCulture #SocialMediaPsychology #MyHappyOhm #SelfAwareness

Is narcissism just a personality trait—or a system we reward? This video explores how attention, performance, and social media turn identity into social currency.
#MentalHealth
#CultureOfNarcissism #DigitalCulture #SocialMediaPsychology #MyHappyOhm #SelfAwareness