<videovortex> Fwd: NEWS FROM JAN BOT

[Geert Lovink]

> From: JAN BOT <mail at mg.janbot.nl>
> Subject: NEWS FROM JAN BOT
> Date: 13 December 2017 3:05:15 pm GMT+1
> To: geert at xs4all.nl
> 
> Hello world,
> 
> With this email we set off a bi-weekly mailing in which we share some of the most thought provoking movies generated by Jan Bot. Last week we stumbled upon the following news:
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> A 23-year-old adult entertainment actress August Ames was found dead hours after social media trolls branded her 'homophobic'. Various articles speculated about the cause of her death, which they suggested to be suicide, implying a connection to the Twitter debate. (Sources: The Sun <http://email.mg.janbot.nl/c/eJwVT81uhiAQfBq9QdhFBQ4cvjb53oPKVm0RDayxj19MJpnJHOYn-glmZYd-86jAAIKGQY2AEqwatbSuWR_ubV9Oa7Sf3aD2Rf6E_HWwzKlfPU6AFCwoY2hwGEeDDkDb78kGHQD63WswTk_QJ78yn7XTrw7fDfd9S16pXlnOh7x-m5Xpro1GZfVooKlwLVdlEXaqIlKIIrBALc6jZFE5FFGvetLMFJva5i2S4HKk9KT0xS9EhdvovzqElJ7F7J-ORMxUBGALncVz_R8Qmk9S>, The Independent <http://email.mg.janbot.nl/c/eJwVkM2KxCAQhJ9mclP8i5qDh5mFeQ-jPYm7RoMasvv2q9BUw9cFRbU3kjqixRQMI1RRRjkVZKYMU01mjvXS0Wt56-fCOdNfD0GODX_btOaGU5x2owBmwYALWLUWSjnplLeaeUZAfjhMh-FULVzSKZq9tfPBnw_27nPfNw7JwwldUsMu4-un8wR3Hedcou_bHlCCswPZa7tqQ51U5MF6dOaSkHWtQK2oXsEFD2jN_g9Zf8WGPiEedRhyQVaTRYpF4r0dcSpmAyit9_mtwsY4yjQzoiO0BgVR1iMcGl_5B_IeW4E>)
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> The most relevant keywords that inspired the selection of footage for this news where 'sadness', 'girl', and 'still life'.
> 
> Interestingly enough, 'sadness', the highest rated term, appears only on one shot in the selection. That is the shot of the man whose head is banged over and over to the floor.
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> Was the feeling of sadness more relevant than the person who was suffering? Is that also how the news is brought to us, by focussing on the sadness of the onlooker, rather than the tragedy of the subject?
> 
> At least for Jan Bot, it apparently was.
> 
> This is just one example from the total of 228 videos made by Jan Bot in the last two weeks. Other notable topics were Bitcoin <http://email.mg.janbot.nl/c/eJyFUDFug0AQfA10oN3bA_aKK5xYyEqUKoXrAxbs5AwWrOLk9zmqlJFGGmk0Gs3M4GvsgW1-9QawQYOEFio0JTJUVLJL0pNr-eCIDD9nFm5T-RHmbtFyjvnFm6EBh4Ag48hMnaMAxFQzdL21zZjfPGHjqMY8-ovqfcvokJk2oRMNf1lJ0OVT5sQ_5yPqu4Hh7KrwytNup3bN6PhPQB80xGX3f13lkej0wrE3Rt7y1U8iq6YB35sNMe7t1c_y2KKoylqgKQbpi_2GXzJpULs>, Oxford Circus Panic <http://email.mg.janbot.nl/c/eJyFULFqwzAU_Bprs9HTkxRp0JA2NYWOHQLdZOnFSavYxX40Tb--8tSxcHBwHMfd5WAhSafFJSgJO1CAoKUB1YGTBjvnq_Tge7f3iMo9Nlpex-49TsPM3VTEOZxkIqtRZ4Pam5POg_WU9ZBzIm9JimtA2Hm0IEo4M3-uDe4b1VcMxPEvqwo8f9BU-X48AL8qmY_exBc3bnbslwYP_wSkyLHMm__rQrdKz_e3p2K4_IgljEQL1wHfq46lbO05THRbCzHT0oJqM6V2u-EXOKZSlQ> and the Supermoon <http://email.mg.janbot.nl/c/eJyFULtuwzAQ-xprs6HTw5IGDWlTd-iYIWMhS2cnjWIX8qFp_77y1LEAAQIEQZBMvofIrWJXLzgYECBBcQ2iA8u17Kyr0pMb7MFJKexzo_h97j7CMq7ULZldPI_RTG6yCRQqxUOIZuzdqEVKGqIz7O4lGCd7YNlfiD63Rh4aMVSMSOEvqwq03nCp_HM-Ap0ET2enw5udd7scSiOP_wTEQCGvu__rio9K5fZ-eulf24kVPyMWqgO-NxVy3tuTX_CxZSTC0oJoE8Z2v-EX_8ZR5g>. To see more of Jan Bot's latest videos, please check its beta website <http://email.mg.janbot.nl/c/eJyFj71uwzAQg5_G2mzo7ixZGjSkCbx07JBZv05bxQnsA9q-feWpYwECBAiC-JichijNKN4dSpgAgWCUCnAAIxUNxrboxc7mZInQnLtR3pfhw6_hwcNaxc2lgrEkb6aSSpxKMBCxWK2CVqRDsuLuCCZLGkR1N-bn3tGpw7kpZPZ_Wy3gx2dem_9cL8BvKNPVKv9qlqNO89bR5Z8Bsbkl540b5vc--loPRnZr_tprZs5bD9inHPvj7C-A20nT>.
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