Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly (Via the Dragonfly BSD Digest.) I disagree with the attempted explanations, but the statistics are telling. As for the conclusions... Subsisting entirely on cultural comfort food cannot make us thoughtful, creative, or courageous. Yes, exactly! Tags: media, business 2022-05-02
When a vampire not called Dracula bested the copyright system, and what it tells us about derivative works (via Nate Hoffelder) Tags: media, law, history 2022-04-08
A look at the Irish: photography in Ireland from 1839 to now – in pictures Tags: history, media 2021-12-14
The dangerous playgrounds of 1900s through vintage photographs Tags: education, history, media, science 2021-11-25
There Have to Be More Sides Than This Balance doesn't exist in a lopsided world Tags: media, politics 2021-11-03
Bizarre old posters that taught the early movie-goers the rules and etiquette for watching films, 1912 Tags: media, culture, history 2021-10-28
Black cosplayers are tired of being told who they can and can’t portray Tags: internet, media, representation 2021-10-22
Street Views Long, stunning dive into the history of urban photography at the intersection of technology and society. Tags: media, tech, history, society, cities 2021-10-14
13 Staircases Blanketed with Prismatic Murals Evocative of Andean Textiles Run Through Lima’s Hills Tags: travel, architecture, media 2021-10-13
Research linking violent entertainment to aggression retracted after scrutiny Tags: media, science 2021-02-16
Media Market Research (and why its undermining all the things you love) Tags: media, business 2020-12-06
Journalists, you need to start taking the climate crisis seriously! Tags: environment, media 2020-09-07
Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins Tags: travel, history, media 2020-07-16
Breakthrough of Digital Culture: Finland accepts the Demoscene on its national UNESCO list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity Tags: computers, media, culture 2020-04-15
Scene at MIT: Margaret Hamilton’s Apollo code A brief history of the famous 1969 photo of the software that sent humans to the moon. Tags: cool, space, computers, history, media 2016-08-17
The Bechdel Test needs an update: We’ve set the bar for female representation too low. Tags: media, gender 2014-01-07
Zombie climate sceptic theories survive only in newspapers and on TV Tags: environment, science, media 2013-05-17
Stockholm Olympics photos: What did Olympians look like in 1912? Tags: sports, history, media 2012-07-30