Mass Hysteria, Contagion, and Digital Spread

We're back, discussing the fallout from the Facebook whistleblower, the social malaise of the social network, the viral spread of Tik Tok tics, and podcasting in the age of digital reproduction. The Author as Producer by Walter Benjamin: www.marxists.org/reference/archive/benjamin/1970/author-producer.htm Inside Tik Tok's Booming Dissociative Identity Disorder Community: www.inputmag.com/culture/dissociative-identity-disorder-did-tiktok-influencers-multiple-personalities Facebook research deck: about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Instagram-Teen-Annotated-Research-Deck-1.pdf Ft. music by Robin Hatch: robinhatch.bandcamp.com