I don’t have it bookmarked any more, but Slashdot is the grand-daddy of them all, and still going strong. Unlike Ars Technica, I can’t vouch for it’s comments being quite as informative or interesting (not for a few decades now)

In my initial short searches I did earlier, Antonio Gramsci comes up as addressing the issue of “cultural hegemony”, where art and entertainment tends to represent the dominant bourgeois culture, which makes a lot of sense. I’ve heard of Gramsci in passing, but haven’t read anything by him yet. I think it’s a good place to begin regarding a critical analysis.

Also worth reading is Camus’ short piece “Create Dangerously”, on the responsibility that artists have to challenge.

another is the hypertext transfer protocol… (?!)

My understanding is that it will eventually used to improve autocorrect, when they get it working properly.