#NowWatching “Beau Is Afraid” (2023) on Max from A24
Written & directed by Ari Aster
Starring Joaquin Phoenix
Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/42aSesi
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
‘Incel’ accounts using self-improvement language to avoid TikTok bans – study https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/29/incel-accounts-using-self-improvement-language-to-avoid-tiktok-bans-study #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Digitalmedia #Youngpeople #Socialmedia #Technology #Society #TikTok #Media #Men
Bleeped: Making Digital Media More Family-Friendly with AI https://www.byteseu.com/867649/ #AI #AIContentFiltering #AkiraMuramoto #ArtificialIntelligence #AudiobookCensorship #BenjaminBarnes #bleeped #ContentModeration #CustomizableCensorship #DigitalMedia #FamilyFriendlyTechnology #JoshBosley #logan #ParentalControls #Startup #UtahStateUniversity #VentureFunding
#NowWatching “American Psycho” (2000) on Hulu
Directed by Mary Harron
Starring Christian Bale
4K Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/42iKm9a
A wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers & friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.
#NowWatching “Monsieur Hulot's Holiday” (1953) on The Criterion Channel
Directed by & starring Jacques Tati
Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/43UBSq8
Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc
#NowWatching “Monsieur Hulot's Holiday” (1953) on Criterion Channel Directed by & starring Jacques Tati Blu-ray: amzn.to/43UBSq8 Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation & accidentally causes havoc #DigitalMedia #streaming #ad #comedy #slapstick #FrenchCinema #filmsky #moviesky
X stands to benefit if UK pulls digital services tax in trade deal with US https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/24/elon-musk-x-stands-to-benefit-if-uk-pulls-digital-services-tax-in-trade-deal-with-us #Economicpolicy #Taxandspending #Digitalmedia #Tradepolicy #Technology #ElonMusk #Politics #UKnews #Media #X
New in our digital #collection:
Handbook of #children and screens: #DigitalMedia, development, and well-being from birth through adolescence
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5
This #OpenAccess handbook synthesizes the current #research about the impacts of digital #media on children across development.
Australia's Top 20 news website rankings for February are out this morning. Big thanks to the 7.5 million Australians who read Guardian Australia last month 
ABC News held No1 with 12.4m readers, with newscomau 2nd with 12.2m
GdnAus dropped -430k readers, but still held 6th spot 652k readers clear of SMH on 6.88m. Despite a small audience drop, Age overtook BBC to jump into Top 10. Keep in mind the month was 3 days (-10%) shorter as well!
Elsewhere in the Top20, The Australian jumped two spots in the table to 12th, overtaking NYTimes, while Forbes dropped 5 spots to 18th and SkyNewsOz was down two spots to 17th.
NIH weirdly reappears at 13th with a huge 810k readers added in Feb, but maybe the big news is The Nightly making their first ever appearance in the Top 20.
CourierMail are also back in Top20 for the first time since Oct last year, with DailyTele & Fox Sports dropping out
I might add that I am particularly pleased to see Guardian Australia's attention time (average minutes per person) up at 20mins here, which is the highest it's been since Oct/Nov last year, but would put us at 4th if you sorted the Top20 on that measure.
Link to January's Top20 rankings in the comments.
#NowWatching “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) on Apple iTunes
Directed by William Castle. Starring Vincent Price.
Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/4it1zTi
A millionaire offers $10,000 to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
#NowWatching “Arcadian” (1972) on Hulu
Starring Nicholas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins
Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/4it1zTi
A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the world.
#NowWatching “Solaris” (1972) on The Criterion Channel.
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/4bNqsGL
A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
Affective Politics of Digital Media; Propaganda by Other Means; Edited by Megan Boler & Elizabeth Davis, 2020
This interdisciplinary, international collection examines how sophisticated digital practices and technologies exploit and capitalize on emotions, with particular focus on how social media are used to exacerbate social conflicts surrounding racism, misogyny, and nationalism.
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#DigitalMedia
#SocialMedia
#emotions
#propaganda
Value of Elon Musk’s X ‘rebounds to $44bn purchase price’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/19/value-elon-musk-x-rebounds-purchase-price #Digitalmedia #Socialmedia #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #ElonMusk #Business #USnews #Media #X
#NowWatching “Cutting Class” (1989) on Peacock. Starring Donovan Leitch Jr., Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowell, Martin Mull 4K Blu-ray: amzn.to/4ilRreT A teenage girl befriends a suspected high school slasher #DigitalMedia #streaming #ad #comedy #slasher #parody #horror #filmsky #moviesky
#NowWatching “Cutting Class” (1989) on Peacock.
Starring Donovan Leitch Jr., Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowell, Martin Mull
4K Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/4ilRreT
A teenage girl befriends a suspected high school slasher.
#NowWatching “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” (2017) on MAX.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/4ilRreT
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
#NowWatching “And The Ship Sails On” (1983) on The Criterion Channel.
Directed by Federico Fellini
In 1914, a luxury ship leaves Italy in order to scatter the ashes of a famous opera singer. A lovable bumbling journalist chronicles the voyage and meets the singer's many eccentric friends and admirers.
As digital platforms reshape journalism, we must ask: are we enhancing local media or diluting its essence? The balance between innovation and authenticity is crucial. Let's not lose the human touch in our quest for progress. #Journalism #DigitalMedia
As digital platforms reshape journalism, we must ask: are we enhancing local media or diluting its essence? The balance between tech and authenticity is crucial. Let's champion diverse voices in this digital age! #Journalism #DigitalMedia
