Podcast #36: Jerry Mander

Author and activist Jerry Mander reflects on a long life of technoskepticism and how it relates to the current global moment.

By Mo Lotman | January 5, 2021 | Advertising, Community, Culture, Economics, Environment, Media, Podcasts, Society | Capitalism, Coronavirus, Environment, Exploitation, Globalism, Grand Canyon, Image, Indigenous Rights, Internet, Media, Native Americans, Nature, Power, Propaganda, Television, The Sierra Club

A River Divides Two Tanzanias

In a southern Tanzanian village, a river reveals a technological divide with cultural implications for the whole country.

By Daniel Bellerose | May 9, 2018 | Community, Culture, Family, Identity, Society | Africa, Celebrity, Community, Culture, Development, Disconnection, Elders, Foreign Aid, Globalism, Internet, Loneliness, Mbeya, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, Television, Village Life

The AT&T-Time Warner Suit: Is Antitrust Back?

After years of seeming government indifference to ever-larger monopolistic firms, the DOJ has filed suit against the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner. Does this signal a much-needed resurgence of antitrust action? Or is it a one-off?

By Warren Christopher Freiberg | December 27, 2017 | Economics, Government, Law, Media, Politics | 21st Century Fox, Antitrust, AT&T, Cable, Comcast, Competition, Department of Justice, Disney, Donald Trump, Economy, Horozontal Integration, Internet Service Providers, ISPs, Market Share, Monopoly, NBC, Television, Time Warner, Trustbusting, Universal, Verizon, Vertical Integration

Your Media Diet, Now With Gas

Pumping gas is not something that I particularly relish, but on the list of modern-day inconveniences it ranks pretty low. [...]

By Mo Lotman | March 25, 2015 | Advertising, Media | Cars, DOOH, Gas, Marketing, Media, Subscriber, Television