For all its good intentions, art that tries to minister to its audience by showcasing moral aspirants and paragons or the abject victims of political oppression produces smug, tiresome works that are failures both as art and as agitprop. Artists and critics—their laurel bearers—should take heed.
A great breakdown of enshittification and the cures to this horrible disease
Categories and Sample Questions for Media Decoding
An exploration of media decoding, developing habits of inquiry, and critical thinking, with categories and sample questions to analyze the authenticity and impact of various media messages.