How Media Literacy and Sustainability Go Hand in Hand
Besides the tremendous heat wave we are experiencing these weeks, there are many things that encourage my reflection on climate change these days. But beyond focusing only on the disastrous consequences of decades of reckless activities harmful to our environment, I like to discover new ways in which people are creating a positive impact. How do I find about this? Well, word of mouth is of course part of it, but most movements I have discovered-- and maybe so have you-- have been from the hours I spend constantly scrolling online. Technology and digital communications [...]
Democracy im Rausch der Daten
About Swiss director David Bernet provides with this very detailed documentary, an insight into the legislative process at EU level. The camera follows the actions taken at the level of the EU institutions by a handful of people who try to protect society from the dangers of big data and mass surveillance. The main players are the young German MEP from the Green party Jan Philip Albrecht and the experienced former Commissioner for Information Society and Media and now member of the EU Parliament Viviane Reding. Jan Philipp Albrecht and are trying to [...]
Manufacturing Consent | Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992)
About Manufacturing Consent is a documentary about Noam Chomsky's ideas and activism. However, it is his ideas regarding the media that take centre stage in the film. Namely, that the mass media operates as a form of thought control in a democratic society, with major news organizations systematically bending the truth to support the status quo. Governments have used both 'big lies' and 'big sticks' to captivate the responsiveness of ther people and attire their endorsements. Propoaganda is to democracy what explicit violence is to dictatorships, and in both cases these two instruments are so [...]
DOCUMENTARY: The Internet’s Own Boy & Active Citizenship
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz follows the life of internet wunderkind Aaron Swartz, who spent much of his short life fighting to keep the internet free and open...
