Jess and Anne switch up their branding this episode and talk about the color blue. And by talk about, I actually mean roast. Why is blue so popular? Why do so many companies use it for branding? And why, God why, did we ever assign colors to genders? All that and more in our first episode of 2022; F**K BLUE!   

In this episode Jess endeavors to teach Anne about the wild world of reality TV, from the first PBS show American family in the 70s all the way up to Keeping Up with the Kardashians and the twice cursed Sexy Beasts. Jess discusses the problems often seen in dating shows while Anne ponders the question: has reality TV gone too far? 

Jess and Anne are all over the gaff this week as we discuss the cultural impact of Tiktok and Vine. Jess goes into detail on the research aspect of her thesis that she wrote during her masters in Digital Media at NUIG titled: 'Identity, Performance, and Online Audiences: Collapsing the boundaries through TikTok content.' She and Anne discuss her research which included the work of Ruha Benjamin, Joy Buolamwini, Erving Goffman, EL Putnam, and many more. For an extensive Bibliography, you can click here.
In this episode, we discuss algorithms and unconscious bias, topics that have been discussed in detail by people far more qualified than us. We highly recommend checking out F.D Signifier's recent video Break Bread to learn more on these subjects through the lens of YouTube! 

Join Jess and Anne in the pilot episode of Digitalk, where-in we introduce ourselves and discuss our interests in digital media.