Yes, a little strange to have a “very special” episode as the second episode. But… the notification of our production getting canceled after 30 years seems like something we need to talk about. After all, this is relative to the new media short-form video normal that we are clueless about. Originally we had a whole slew of input from college students, but we will shelve those for next episode, while we reflect on the state of media’s almost complete transition, which has now hit even closer to home.

In our first episode, Joe summarizes his journey to becoming a media literacy educator, focusing on digital wellness for young people in the way they consume social media content. Later, he is joined by his longtime video editing coworker as they begin making sense of social media content and make some comparisons to the “endless scroll” of their own youth.

Clips played in this episode:

Tara Yummy

https://www.tiktok.com/@tarayummy

Sidemen

https://www.youtube.com/@Sidemen

Sam Sulluck

https://www.tiktok.com/@sam_sulek

Demitra Demitradis

https://www.tiktok.com/@demetradias

Photo courtesy:

CBS Television - eBayfrontback, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31047742