Symposihmm đŸ’¬ The New Orality

In recent years, concerns over social media’s impact on cognitive abilities has been growing. While it’s very hard to prove a direct causal link with online platforms, studies have showRead More

We Need To Talk

With this essay, Assistant Professor Kevin Munger sharpens our understanding of what we mean by “new orality.” How do we research—or even think about—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.