Whodunit?
He is the theorist who coined the influential phrase "imagined communities."
Who is Benedict Anderson?
This is media flow in the non-dominant direction.
What is "contra-flow"?
...because the book examines the reasons why we live in an era of "unpeace" i.e., the absence of peace.
Why is Mark Leonard's book called The Age of Unpeace?
Sheriff Joseph Cross!
I am the sheriff of Eddington in the film Eddington. What is my name?
She is the theorist who talked to us about K-Pop fans watching K-Pop fans watching K-Pop videos!
Who is Michelle Cho?
It's the term that Appadurai uses to mean the "landscape" of money moving across borders.
What is the "finanscape"?
...because, in his argument, the nation is imagined into existence as a community moving forward in time.
Why does Benedict Anderson call the nation "an imagined community"?
The "Modern Heroes" of the Philippines!
We are BPO workers employed in the Philippines. What does the Filipino government call us?
She is the director of the documentary about a social media app whose sale has been the topic of speculation for months!
Who is Shalini Kantayya?
It's the term used to describe a range of digital activities....from software development to virtual sabotage to information theft.
What is "hacktivism"?
...because [according to Narayanan and Kapoor] predictive AI not only does not work today but will likely never work, because of the inherent difficulties in predicting human behavior.
Why do Narayanan and Kapoor see predictive AI as "AI Snake Oil"?
Citizenfour!
I am Edward Snowden. Which code name did I use to contact filmmaker Laura Poitras?
She is the media theorist who argued that undersea cables are not only critical global media infrastructure but also an emerging geopolitical battleground.
Who is Nicole Starosielski?
It's the term used to describe fan's mediated "relationship" with the star/celebrity, alongside or parallel to typical social relationships.
What is "parasociality"?
...because their documentary focuses on workers "cleaning" the Internet of problematic content.
Why did Hans Block & Moritz Riesewieck call their documentary The Cleaners?
The Panopticon!
I am an architectural concept for a prison, designed by Jeremy Bentham; I am also a broader metaphor for modern surveillance, power, and control in society, discussed by philosopher Michel Foucault. What is my name?
They are the hip independent game developers who developed an anti-war game called Unmanned that will bore you for a reason!
Who are the Molleindustria?
Term used for "privatized islands of skyscrapers networked with fiber-optic cables, luxury shopping districts, and global headquarters of transnational firms, incongruously [located] within a megalopolis where brownouts are commonplace."
What is a "special economic zone" or an "ecozone"?
...because remote warfare technology (like PSS) is now being used not just in war zones but in cities in Europe and the US...because these technologies are being imperceptibly used to surveil and police civilians constantly...
Why does Nike Ortiz argue that the difference between "enemy" and "civilian" has been undone by remote warfare technologies?
The perceptron!
I was designed to be the first artificial equivalent of a single neuron in the 1950s, and could differentiate between two shapes or two letters. What was I called?