Media and technology in society

How television turned public discourse from argument into entertainment.

How media from the penny press to social media capture attention and resell it.

Political economy of production without conventional property.

How Hollywood really makes money, mostly away from the box office.

Why most media companies destroy shareholder value: few have barriers to entry.

A forecast of a hugely connected future world, with its challenges and benefits.

How the mp3, a CD-factory leaker and pirate websites broke the music business.

The technology trends that will reshape daily life over the next thirty years.

Why the platform mattered politically, and what that cost it.

Early and prescient case that access would displace ownership.

The empire after the phone-hacking scandal.

Data economics of the shift from studios to streamers.

By an early mentor and investor who turned against the company.

How intermediaries capture creative-work rents; the bear case for creators.

How media in democracies serve state and corporate power while claiming independence.

How a culture hands its judgement to machines, statistics and technical experts.

How the internet let amateurs topple old professions such as lawyers and stock gurus.

A history of the NBC broadcast network, which Comcast bought in 2011.

The long-run trends set to reshape economies and markets over the coming decades.

How the problem-solving and teamwork of games could solve real-world problems.

How the internet changed politics and economies in Iran, Estonia, Korea and Senegal.

How to make sense of the daily torrent of news, and what it does to our minds.

How fleeing face-to-face talk harms relationships and work, and how to reclaim it.

Twenty-one essays on today's challenges, from technology and politics to truth.

The geography and licensing limits of streaming television around the world.

How information networks, from the Stone Age to AI, have made and unmade societies.