Within the turbulent past several years, the idea that a person can be “canceled” — in other words, culturally blocked from having a prominent public platform or career — has become a polarizing topic of debate. The rise of “cancel culture” and the idea of canceling someone coincides with a…

Make-up, music, news and even politics right now. Online platforms that used to be niche are reinventing themselves due to their rising traffic. Twitch is surely one of the most amazing stories of the last ‘disastrous’ year — together with a bunch of other platforms like Netflix or Club House…

The one and only Super Bowl must be the most frustrating global sport event in the entire world. Not only because American football is certainly the most complicated sports to understand in the world, but also impossible to enjoy fully as you have to watch it at 4am if you’re…

History repeats itself, even when related to the so-called seventh art — cinema. In October 1918, the rising silent film industry was forced to stop its reels because of the Spanish flu. After almost 100 years, the situation is the same: productions are stopped, postponed, or cancelled, and cinemas closed, until…

An end of the championship in the “bubble” of Orlando, a wall of virtual spectators to ensure the atmosphere, a policy of health tests of remarkable scale and efficiency … The 2019–2020 season of the American championship basketball tournament, which ended in early October, confirmed the league’s incredible ability to…

Celebrities and Moral Decay Interest in celebrities, as part of a broader preoccupation with the culture of entertainment has infiltrated our life. Although interest in celebrities can be traced back to antiquity, contemporary manifestations of this fascination have risen in tandem with the development of consumer culture and the growth…

The corona virus has shaken the foundations of our social and economic coexistence — maybe indefinitely — nobody knows. We experience, with more or less difficulties, an uncontrollable challenge and redefinition of our everyday life and the world, as we knew it. We don’t even mention the overwhelming presence of…

I’m a Celebrity…and I’m Right Here Interest in celebrities, as part of a broader preoccupation with the culture of entertainment has infiltrated our life. Although interest in celebrities can be traced back to antiquity, contemporary manifestations of this fascination have risen in tandem with the development of consumer culture and…

The platform economy is not just about brewing data. It transports them, directs them and redirects them into the jungle of online content thanks to these recommendations called algorithms. Faced with the overabundance of flows, the evidence seems to impose itself: the need to identify oneself creates the system that…