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#MeToo, You Too and the Vanity of Women

EAVI — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:47:54 +0000

A brief look at the role of diversity and feminism in media. My childhood was spent in art galleries. Not because I’m a particularly big fan of art (I’m not), or because I am an artist (I’m really not), but because my mother is an art historian who explained the world to me through paintings [...]

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Democracy im Rausch der Daten

Elias Tsourapas — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:45:01 +0000

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 [...]

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Edward Said: Framed: the politics of stereotypes

Elias Tsourapas — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:35:29 +0000

About Are we sure that the perception that we have about the East (and about the Middle East and the different struggles it is going through) is neutral and unbiased? The Palestinian academician Said advanced the hypothesis that the European perspective on the East, that has been shaped throughout the 18th and 19th [...]

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Noam Chomsky, The Consent Factory

Elias Tsourapas — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:27:59 +0000

About Are we really sure that concepts such as propaganda only apply to countries like North Korea or China, and that Western civilisation is, on the other side, the gatekeepers of freedom and democracy? The truth is that, even in the absence of a state media apparatus, phenomena like propaganda are present and [...]

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One More Thing: The EAVI Weekly Media Literacy Digest #3

EAVI — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:12:52 +0000

A tranche of news this week from the US election, beef with Facebook, a useful password tool, a new privacy training nonprofit in Brussels and more...

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How Did Hitler Rise To Power? (2016)

Elias Tsourapas — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:10:21 +0000

About A short (5 minutes) Ted Ed video that demonstrates the fragility of democracy when fears, unrest, ignorance and bigotry are stoked. Made by Alex Gendler and Anthony Hazard, there is also a lesson plan at the Ted Ed site here. Credits Lesson by Alex Gendler and Anthony Hazard Animation [...]

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