Video in Dutch with English subtitles, documenting a 3 month course MMM did with 100 young newcomers to the Netherlands. Filmimpressie Pilot lesprogramma Informatie en mediawijsheid voor jongeren in schakelklassen, januari – april 2017. Link: https://mmm.sites.uu.nl/media/Author: MMM, Universiteit UtrechtSource: MMM, Universiteit Utrecht
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The science of fake news
The rise of fake news highlights the erosion of long-standing institutional bulwarks against misinformation in the internet age. Concern over the problem is global. However, much remains unknown regarding the vulnerabilities of individuals, institutions, and society to manipulations by malicious actors. A new system of safeguards is needed. Below, we discuss extant social and computer […]
THE NEW MEDIA ENVIRONMENT
A classic text from the 1972. In the last few years, we have begun to see the earth from a different perspective –the perspective of the satellite. (…) When there is a transformation in the making of this symbolic environment, when there is a major change in the kind of symbol systems that we discharge […]
Creating a newswire for high school student reporting
After the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, student activism has exploded around gun control legislation in the United States. Mainstream news outlets are covering the story extensively as students mobilize across the country. What the country has not seen elevated in equal force is the student journalism on this vital topic. We’re building […]
Facebook la máquina de deseo mimético mas poderosa de la historia
Hace poco menos de cinco años teóricos del fuste de Manuel Castells en Redes de de indignación y esperanza: los movimientos sociales en la era de internet, imaginaban que la redes sociales serían una herramienta privilegiada, no sólo de mejora de la comunicación a nivel global, si no que mucho más contundentemente se convertirían en […]
How To Increase Empathy Towards Refugees? Serious Games Might Provide An Answer
Videogames and migration: to some, this might sound like an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms. Games are fun. Migration, the kind we are used to discuss nowadays, the refugee kind, is anything but. It’s people sinking and dying while clumped in small ships; it’s families destroyed, part of them waiting for others to send a […]
Why journalists should warm up to newsgames
For many newsrooms, it’s open season for games. More and more journalists and game designers are coming together to create interactive stories that use “play” to engage readers in powerful ways, offering them the chance to explore, experiment and learn with news. “The power of games is the power of play,” says Lindsay Grace, an […]
Reel Youth Film Festival (2018 Call for Entries)
The International Reel Youth Film Festival is screened across Canada and internationally, in partnership with established film festivals, youth media organizations, schools, and community groups. When you submit your film to Reel Youth, it’s like submitting your film to festivals around the world, and it’s FREE! Final submission deadline: May 5, 2018 All submissions must: […]
Media and Trust (2018 Edelman Trust Barometer )
The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals that trust in the U.S. has suffered the largest-ever-recorded drop in the survey’s history among the general population. Trust among the general population fell nine points to 43, placing it in the lower quarter of the 28-market Trust Index. Trust among the informed public in the U.S. imploded, plunging […]
PLURAL+ 2018 Call for Entries
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) invite youth from around the world to submit original and creative videos focusing on the PLURAL+ theme of migration, diversity, social inclusion and the prevention of xenophobia. Several award winners invited to New York City for the Awards Ceremony at the […]
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