propaganda Archives - EAVI Information and Democracy Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:39:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://eavi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/cropped-Untitled-design-32x32.webp propaganda Archives - EAVI 32 32 EAVI Conducts Media Literacy Workshop at the Autistic Women’s Retreat 2018 https://eavi.eu/eavi-conducts-media-literacy-workshop-at-the-autistic-womens-retreat-2018/ Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:31:10 +0000 http://eavi.eu/?p=8609 On 22 September, EAVI attended the 2018 Autistic Women’s Retreat in Oxfordshire, UK to hold a workshop on media literacy for 15 participants – all autistic women from Britain, USA and Sweden. The workshop focused on media literacy concepts, and specific issues facing autistic women in their relationship with the media, both in terms [...]

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]]> Edward Said: Framed: the politics of stereotypes https://eavi.eu/edward-said-framed-the-politics-of-stereotypes/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:35:29 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=12192 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 https://eavi.eu/noam-chomsky-the-consent-factory/ Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:27:59 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=12195 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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]]> My First Training: Media Literacy, Critical Thinking & Propaganda – ‘Lead On’ Youth Exchange, Canary Islands https://eavi.eu/informal-learning-lead-youth-exchange-canary-islands/ Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:46:36 +0000 http://www.eavi.eu/?p=2161 EAVI's Luc Steinberg recently lead an Erasmus+ youth exchange in the Canary Islands to give training on media literacy, propaganda and critical thinking.

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]]> Manufacturing Consent | Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) https://eavi.eu/manufacturing-consent-noam-chomsky-and-the-media-1992/ Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:04:03 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=12214 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 [...]

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]]> The Century of the Self (2002) https://eavi.eu/the-century-of-the-self-2002/ Sat, 02 Jul 2016 15:39:09 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=12221 About The Century of the Self examines how those in power used Sigmund Freud's theories in order to control the 'crowd' in an era of mass-democracy. Propaganda and public relations techniques, as well as advertising are explored in detail through the lens of the 20th Century. Credits By Adam [...]

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]]> How Did Hitler Rise To Power? (2016) https://eavi.eu/how-did-hitler-rise-to-power-2016/ Mon, 20 Jun 2016 14:10:21 +0000 https://eavi.eu/?p=12212 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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]]> VIDEO: News Mashup is an Important Lesson in Media Literacy https://eavi.eu/video-news-mashup-lesson-on-media-literacy/ Tue, 15 Mar 2016 12:55:20 +0000 http://www.eavi.eu/?p=1162 This video edits together BBC footage of a parade in the UK with audio commentary of a parade in North Korea and asks "are the two countries really so different?"

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