Is This the End of Social Media? With Ian Bogost

Published: Dec. 11, 2022, 8:05 a.m.

b'Ian Bogost, author and professor at Washington University in St. Louis, talks with Jon about the demise of online social networks. In a recent Atlantic article, \\u201cThe Age of Social Media Is Ending,\\u201d Bogost examines the platforms\\u2019 dipping trajectory and argues that people just aren\\u2019t meant to talk to each other this much. He joins Offline to elaborate on how Twitter, Instagram and TikTok have sacrificed connection for content, friendship for sponsorship\\u2013\\u2013and why a cultural shift in how we interact with these platforms may be closer than we think.'