Author: Madara Simane

We Need To Talk

Kevin Munger

With this essay, Assistant Professor Kevin Munger sharpens our understanding of what we mean by “new orality.” How do we researchā€”or even think aboutā€”an era that no longer operates by the logic of the text? What we must unlearn to see it clearly, and where we stand once our old maps stop working.… Read More

Kevin Munger is Assistant Professor and holds the Chair of Computational Social Science in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute, in Florence. He studies the communication of political information on the internet, and how to make digital social science make sense. He is the author of two books: Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture (2022) and The YouTube Apparatus (2024). In 2021, he co-founded the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, of which he is currently co-editor. And Kevin regularly publishes his thoughts on his Substack Never Met a Science.

Bring Back Internet Secrets!

Macarena MagaƱa Villar

Macarena MagaƱa Villar finds herself in a cinema watching TikToks with strangers and realises the internet can still be a portal, not just a private hole to fall down.… Read More

Macarena MagaƱa Villar is a researcher, artist, writer, mostly a cultural worker and social media manager. Most of her work originates from the long hours she spent in front of the family computer growing up and her experience managing social media accounts, which made her particularly drawn to the internet subcultures, digital and non-digital folklore, self-conceptualization, and collective grieving that can emerge online. Her practice is fluid and in-situ, replying to each specific topic.