Episode 30: Social media must die!
Community’s “Meow Meow Beans” episode now feels incredibly prescient
Social media has become one of the biggest problems of our time. How does science fiction deal with the rise of social networks---and how is this different from the way the real-life news media talks about it? And what does the future look like after social media dies?
Notes, citations, etc.
Social Media (Wikipedia page)
Usenet (Wikipedia page)
Blog (Wikipedia page)
Function (podcast)
California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
MeowMeowBeenz (featured in Community)
“App Development and Condiments” (episode of Community)
Black Mirror (Netflix show)
Logan’s Run (movie)
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (novel)
Cory Doctorow (author)
Walkaway (novel)
“Hated in the Nation” (episode of Black Mirror)
Ingrid Goes West (movie)
You (TV series)
Unfriended (movie)
Barton Fink (movie)
Sunset Boulevard (movie)
Person of Interest (TV show)
The Dark Knight (movie)
The Flash (TV show)
Minority Report (movie)
Charlie Stross (author)
The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (novel)
Caprica (TV show)
“Be Right Back” (episode of Black Mirror)
“Get Off the Internet” (song by Le Tigre)
“Is Facebook really doomed to die?” (article on io9)