Matthew Crain
@matthewcrain.bsky.social
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Media prof. Proud labor union member.
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Flow
9 months ago
Instead of advertising’s integration of AI media technologies as driven by natural market tendencies,
@matthewcrain.bsky.social
argues its from systemic commodification & political-economic forces, as analyzed through the Political Economy of Media & Communications framework.
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New two part essay out in
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on advertising, AI, the political economy of media and communication.
www.flowjournal.org/2025/04/adve...
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Advertising, AI, and the Political Economy of Media and Communications Matthew Crain / Miami University – Flow
https://www.flowjournal.org/2025/04/advertising-ai/
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Bob was a giant. Helped me and many others in countless ways. His clear eyed assessment of power still offers the best way forward.
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10 months ago
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John Nichols
10 months ago
The great champion of independent, speak-truth-to-power journalism, and of the democracy that can only survive if the press is free, Robert W. McChesney, has died at age 72. He fought the media oligarchs and the politicians who served them — and often won. Now, we must carry the fight forward.
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Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died
The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/robert-mcchesney-obituary/
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Were there any first amendment complaints when the US forced a Chinese company to sell Grindr in 2020?
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My book, Profit Over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet, is available open access through JSTOR and @UMinnPress's Manifold site. It's an origin story for data-driven advertising via the lens of political economy of media & tech.
www.jstor.org/stable/10.57...
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Profit over Privacy: How Surveillance Advertising Conquered the Internet on JSTOR
p strongA deep dive into the political roots of advertising on the internet/strong The contemporary internet's de facto business model is one of surveillan...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctv20zbktm
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Now that’s good company.
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almost 2 years ago
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