In this episode, we discuss the increasing personification of brands on social networks, how memes have become "social currency" and their real, tangible effects on our society. Misinformation and divisiveness on social media is still a problem left to be solved and the characteristics of each platform create their own challenges for regulation.
Links
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8KpV-4_mRg">CRED ad with Rahul Dravid</a> </li>
 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROaj3bCpZEM">Internet Historian video about brand personification</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/10/tech/what-is-parler/index.html">Parler</a></li>
</ul>

In this episode, we discuss the increasing personification of brands on social networks, how memes have become "social currency" and their real, tangible effects on our society. Misinformation and divisiveness on social media is still a problem left to be solved and the characteristics of each platform create their own challenges for regulation. Links CRED ad with Rahul Dravid Internet Historian video about brand personification Parler

In this episode, we discuss the increasing personification of brands on social networks, how memes have become "social currency" and their real, tangible effects on our society. Misinformation and divisiveness on social media is still a problem left to be solved and the characteristics of each platform create their own challenges for regulation.
Links
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8KpV-4_mRg" rel="noopener noreferrer">CRED ad with Rahul Dravid</a>&nbsp;</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROaj3bCpZEM" rel="noopener noreferrer">Internet Historian video about brand personification</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/10/tech/what-is-parler/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Parler</a></li>
</ul>

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