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From Hero To X-ero?

Nishant Shah, Professor of Global Media & Director of the Digital Narratives Studio, Chinese University of Hong Kong, School of Communication and Journalism

03-Nov-23 18:00

From Hero To X-ero?

It’s been about a year since Elon Musk took over Twitter and rebranded it as X. What has changed since, what might yet come, and what does this all say about the "public square" that is social media? We speak with Nishant Shah, professor of global media and director of the Digital Narratives Studio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Produced by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  culture

Tags:  twitter,  social media,  revenue,  public opinion,  digital natives,  elon musk, 


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