The Internet Is Real Life

Boundaries between “traditional” culture — that of mainstream television networks, magazines, newspaper et cetera — and online culture have been breaking down. How could they not! Television audiences have shrunk. Newspaper circulations are in terminal decline. Meanwhile, people have been hooked to Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and all manner of alternative platforms on the Internet. Older institutions have carved out digital space for themselves, of course, but there is more competition from upstarts.