Understanding Media — Marshall McLuhan
McLuhan in 1964 told you what would happen — the medium becomes the message, the global village forms, the inner life gets externalised. Reread it now and feel sixty years of prophecy collapse into description.
Amusing Ourselves to Death — Neil Postman
Postman's 1985 warning: that television was reshaping public discourse into entertainment, and that the trade was not noticed because it was pleasant. The book to read before assuming any platform — including this one — is neutral.
The Plug-In Drug — Marie Winn
Winn's 1977 study of television's effect on children, updated for the screen era. The granular, observational version of what every parent now suspects. Reads as quiet and damning as it did fifty years ago.
This American Life
The gold standard of narrative audio journalism. 30 years of American stories that changed how we think about radio.
Descript
Record, transcribe, and edit audio and video as easily as editing a document. Revolutionary for creators.
Dialogue
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Marshall Rosenberg's framework for compassionate connection — needs, fee…
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Digital platforms as public squares — and the profound effects they have…
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