Screens and ShadowsScreens and Shadows: Articles on Media, Culture and Change is a collection of essays exploring how technology reshapes culture, memory, and human connection. Written by voices ranging from scholars and therapists to filmmakers and poets, these reflections reveal both the brilliance and the burdens of our digital age, and invite us to pause, question, and reimagine how we live with our screens. |
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