Over the July 4 weekend, a record-breaking storm blew through Texas, flooding the Guadalupe River and displacing thousands of Texans.
Almost like the storm itself, we’ve seen many different opinions on the storm’s result, from many different people. Some are calling it a mass conspiracy event, while others are calling it the result of mass cuts from the federal government.
Where is the nation’s weather technology? And what conspiracy theories have spread across the country?
Social media has become such an integral part of society that some people on the same website will create their own social media culture, as explained in the book Black Social Television: How Black Twitter Changed Television.
We’ll be examining this phenomenon with the book’s author, and how its relevance is growing in this day and age.
Samsung is releasing a foldable smartphone, Amazon has just produced its one millionth warehouse robot and Tinder is now requiring its users in several regions to log in via facial recognition.
Guests:
- Molly Taft, Senior Science Writer, WIRED
- Sherri Williams, associate professor of race, media and communication, American University/author of Black Social Television: How Black Twitter Changed Television
- Russell Holly, director of commerce content, CNET
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