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05/22/2013

Bingeing on “Bad”: James Atlas on TV and Life

James Atlas admits to binge watching “Breaking Bad” and wrestles with his own ambivalence about doing so. This New York Times essay appeared during Season 5—that is, in May 2013.

Read it here: Atlas, “Get a life? No, thanks. Just pass the remote.” 

 

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05/16/2013

Friended and Poked: Adrian Chen on Social Media

Have you ever been catfished? Has the Internet opened up your social life, or has it enclosed you in a tight circle of people you already know? Adrian Chen examines social life and social media in this February 2013 essay from New Inquiry. 

Read it here: Chen, "Don't Be a Stranger"

 

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