Twitter Satire–A Genre Unto Itself

Social Change,Social Media and Art 8 November 2010 | 0 Comments

I’m always looking at Twitter in that way one looks at a melon baller in the back of the kitchen utensils drawer–kind of like, what else can I do with this thing? It makes the cutest perfect circular balls out of melons and it is awfully fun. And every once in a while when there’s [...]

Tagged in , , , , , , , , , ,

Storytelling: From Meme to TV

storytelling 4 June 2010 | 0 Comments

The fact that CBS greenlit Sh*t My Dad Says, a sitcom based on a Twitter based meme is notable for a few reasons. First, in terms of the Hollywood machine, I believe this is a first – taking a fictional character from the social media world and creating a series around it. Second, I think [...]

Tagged in , , , , , , , , , , , ,