Joshua Citarella

Sep 23, 2024 | scheerpost.com | Joshua Citarella

By Joshua Citarella / Doomscroll Podcast My guest is Catherine Liu, professor of film and media studies at UC Irvine. She is the author of ‘Virtue Hoarders: the Case Against the Professional Managerial Class’. We discuss the origin of trauma studies, self branding on social media and the ideology of the professional class. Liu has an unwavering commitment to historical materialism and a fierce critique of elitist academies.

Aug 1, 2024 | joshuacitarella.substack.com | Joshua Citarella |Alex Hochuli

is a co-host of the Aufhebunga Bunga podcast and a co-author of "The End of the End of History: Politics in the 21st Century". He joins me to discuss universalisms, organization and the difficult way forward.

May 10, 2023 | joshuacitarella.substack.com | Joshua Citarella

TikTok vs. Meta vs. Twitter vs. Substack vs. Bluesky vs. Mastodon vs. Patreon vs. Google vs. Amazon vs. more, LFGGGGGWe’re at an inflection point for social media. Elon Musk has radically transformed Twitter. A TikTok ban looms on the horizon. The Metaverse is stalled indefinitely and Web 3 is hibernating in deep winter. Here’s what happens next. In recent months, online content creators have observed higher click-through rates when posting images-of-URLs as compared to “click-out” links.