Lecture: Social Media as Metaphor featuring Dr. Jeffrey Bilbro

Join us for a lecture by Dr. Jeffrey Bilbro (Grove City College) on Social Media as Metaphor: Ephemeral Connections to Eternal Commitments. Drawing from Words for Conviviality: Media Technologies and Practices of Hope, Bilbro explores how Henry David Thoreau offers insight into TikTok, Instagram, and BeReal. He examines how past media shifts, like the telegraph and print industrialization, parallel today’s digital revolution—helping us better understand how technology shapes our communication and habits.