Media
- “Journalists are in general a bunch of insecure overachievers, so being in one ‘room’ with your ‘peers’ giving you constant feedback and information creates a truly awful petri dish in which the most terrible forms of groupthink thrive,” says Polgreen. “It can be very hard to resist for reporters, which makes it tough for editors to reorient their ... See more
Peter Hagen added 10mo ago
Maarten added 1y ago
Punk Technologies are technologies in a broad sense of the term; any knowledge, technique, or tool developed or designed to augment, assist, or adapt cultural or individual norms and practices and/or make use of surrounding resources can be considered a technology. A book is a technology the same as a robot.Categories and Sample Questions for Media Decoding
An exploration of media decoding, developing habits of inquiry, and critical thinking, with categories and sample questions to analyze the authenticity and impact of various media messages.
Sarah Salvatoriello added 1y ago
questions to help me think critically
How social media’s fading archives are erasing our digital history
Maarten added 9mo ago
A call to reconsider responsibility and value
Jilber Najem added 6mo ago
- I had countless conversations with reporters in the pre-Elon Musk Twitter era who could not fathom doing their jobs without the site, who insisted that Twitter was where sources and scoops and true insight lay. It was utterly wrong and also completely understandable in a way that made arguing about it futile: Twitter could feel like a direct connec... See more
Peter Hagen added 10mo ago
Video Games and Engineering Virtual Worlds | Contrary
Maarten added 9mo ago
A great intro into the history of video games from a creation perspective.
