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The Plausible End of Social Media, Downscaling, & The Latent Celebrity Mindset with Ian Bogost

58 min • 23 november 2022

Earlier this month, The Atlantic published an essay by our guest, Ian Bogost, titled "The Age of Social Media is Ending." Since then there have been layoffs at several social media companies, including Facebook and Twitter, and collapsing stock prices throughout the industry. What's happening? And what's next? For more about this episode, please visit MarkTwainStudies.com/Downscaling

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