Matthew Crain
@matthewcrain.bsky.social
Media prof. Proud labor union member.
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Instead of advertising’s integration of AI media technologies as driven by natural market tendencies, @matthewcrain.bsky.social argues its from systemic commodification & political-economic forces, as analyzed through the Political Economy of Media & Communications framework. tinyurl.com/3yajfcmb
April 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Instead of advertising’s integration of AI media technologies as driven by natural market tendencies, @matthewcrain.bsky.social argues its from systemic commodification & political-economic forces, as analyzed through the Political Economy of Media & Communications framework. tinyurl.com/3yajfcmb
New two part essay out in @flowtv.bsky.social on advertising, AI, the political economy of media and communication. www.flowjournal.org/2025/04/adve...
Advertising, AI, and the Political Economy of Media and Communications Matthew Crain / Miami University – Flow
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April 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New two part essay out in @flowtv.bsky.social on advertising, AI, the political economy of media and communication. www.flowjournal.org/2025/04/adve...
Bob was a giant. Helped me and many others in countless ways. His clear eyed assessment of power still offers the best way forward.
R.I.P. Robert McChesney, the great leftist media critic and scholar
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Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died
The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Bob was a giant. Helped me and many others in countless ways. His clear eyed assessment of power still offers the best way forward.
Reposted by Matthew Crain
The great champion of independent, speak-truth-to-power journalism, and of the democracy that can only survive if the press is free, Robert W. McChesney, has died at age 72. He fought the media oligarchs and the politicians who served them — and often won.
Now, we must carry the fight forward.
Now, we must carry the fight forward.
Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died
The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.
www.thenation.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The great champion of independent, speak-truth-to-power journalism, and of the democracy that can only survive if the press is free, Robert W. McChesney, has died at age 72. He fought the media oligarchs and the politicians who served them — and often won.
Now, we must carry the fight forward.
Now, we must carry the fight forward.
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Making my way through the Andreessen interview. A few immediate reactions…
He asserts that Silicon Valley in 1994 was all Clinton-Gore Dems.
…Tell that to George Gilder, Newt Gingrich, Louis Rossetto, and the Progress and Freedom Foundation.
The Ayn Rand tradition runs pretty deep.
He asserts that Silicon Valley in 1994 was all Clinton-Gore Dems.
…Tell that to George Gilder, Newt Gingrich, Louis Rossetto, and the Progress and Freedom Foundation.
The Ayn Rand tradition runs pretty deep.
January 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
All of this
Were there any first amendment complaints when the US forced a Chinese company to sell Grindr in 2020?
April 25, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Were there any first amendment complaints when the US forced a Chinese company to sell Grindr in 2020?
My book, Profit Over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet, is available open access through JSTOR and @UMinnPress's Manifold site. It's an origin story for data-driven advertising via the lens of political economy of media & tech. www.jstor.org/stable/10.57...
Profit over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet on JSTOR
p strongA deep dive into the political roots of advertising on the internet/strong The contemporary internet's de facto business model is one of surveillan...
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April 3, 2024 at 2:59 PM
My book, Profit Over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet, is available open access through JSTOR and @UMinnPress's Manifold site. It's an origin story for data-driven advertising via the lens of political economy of media & tech. www.jstor.org/stable/10.57...
Now that’s good company.
here's the text of @meredithmeredith.bsky.social's talk, with shout-outs to @riana.bsky.social, @smw.bsky.social, Dr. Chris Gilliard, @kaareeenah.bsky.social, Dr. Matthew Crain, @wewatchwatchers.bsky.social , Dr. Seda Gürses, @mattblaze.org , DJB, and Cindy Cohn signal.org/blog/pdfs/nd...
April 3, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Now that’s good company.