The voice actors strike brings to light questions about the boundaries between work and play
Category Archives: affect
The Internet of Despairing Things
“Hi, thanks for checking in. I’m still a piece of garbage.” Is melancholy a dominant emotional state of many internet users? Why does everyone seem so sad and depressed? Are websites like Upworthy a response to this negativity? A feeble attempt to inject the positive into an all-consumingly depressing world? We all see those Facebook […]
