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Hossein Derakhshan

Hossein Derakhshan

I wrote a new essay for WIRED on the dark side of mass automated personalized consumption which is…

‘The primary danger of mass personalization doesn’t lie in its effects on our minds, but rather on our bodies. As most Asian civilizations…

Jul 26, 2023

I wrote a new essay for WIRED on the dark side of mass automated personalized consumption which is…

Jul 26, 2023

Hossein Derakhshan

A media theory of gaze

By Hossein Derakhshan*

Nov 1, 2022

A media theory of gaze

Nov 1, 2022

Hossein Derakhshan

Back to Radio: Saving Democracy from Television

Let’s take all election debates to radio

Jun 28, 2019

Back to Radio: Saving Democracy from Television

Jun 28, 2019

Hossein Derakhshan

Disinfo Wars

A taxonomy of information warfare

May 9, 2019

Disinfo Wars

May 9, 2019

Hossein Derakhshan

Television’s Reinvention and the Era of Post-Enlightenment

We now live in a reality that prizes emotion over reason and images over words

Aug 24, 2018

Television’s Reinvention and the Era of Post-Enlightenment

Aug 24, 2018

Hossein Derakhshan

Face It, You Just Don’t Care About the News Anymore

So what does that mean for democracy?

May 17, 2018

Face It, You Just Don’t Care About the News Anymore

May 17, 2018

Hossein Derakhshan

Rouhani’s Last Blow

The moderate Iranian president asserts himself evermore as the next Supreme Leader. Can he survive the unlikely alliance of Iran and US…

Jan 19, 2018

Rouhani’s Last Blow

Jan 19, 2018

Hossein Derakhshan

Why Is Social News Bad for Democracy

Consumption of news has become a social performance for the first time in history—and it only helps spread of disinformation

Nov 10, 2017

Why Is Social News Bad for Democracy

Nov 10, 2017

Hossein Derakhshan

How Fake Is Our Debate On ‘Fake News’?

Piqd – Danah Boyd perfectly shows what is missing most from Silicon Valley: sociologists. Her short article in Backchannel is an invitation…

Apr 14, 2017

Apr 14, 2017

Hossein Derakhshan

Text vs. World Trumps

Decline of text in favour of videos means more Trumps and Berlusconis around the world. How can we save our democracies?

Oct 11, 2016

Text vs. World Trumps

Oct 11, 2016

Hossein Derakhshan

Hossein Derakhshan

Researcher at Harvard's Shorenstein and MIT Media Lab. Spent 6 years in prison over blogging in Iran till 2014. hoder at hoder dot com

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