Topics with Tag: Media

Journalism in Crisis
Journalism is struggling to adapt to a world where news organizations must maintain high standards while competing with social media. Is journalism in crisis? Does our new media technology provide benefits that outweigh the risks? How can we become better and more responsible consumers of news?
Birds Aren't Real
Birds Aren't Real is a satirical conspiracy theory that claims the U.S. government exterminated all birds starting in 1959 and replaced them with lookalike surveillance drones. In October 2022 they held their first protest in New York City and drew hundreds of people. Is this a fun joke or a waste of time?
Rebel News, "I won't call it a media organization"
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has criticized Rebel News for spreading misinformation and disinformation and for sowing division among Canadians, and he has said "I won't call it a media organization". How do we make sense of our world while the quality of our news continues to be diluted?
Disinformation Campaigns
The word disinformation refers to myths and falsehoods that are spread with the intention of sowing distraction, confusion and chaos. And now the internet has given us a pipeline to spread all kinds of information with minimal gatekeeping or fact-checking included. It's a great time to be a spreader of disinformation!
Protests as Seen in the Media
How would you rate the quality of reporting that recent protests have received? How would you rate your own performance in seeing through the distraction and trying to focus on the legitimate issues in question? How can we preserve not only the right to speak, but also the responsibility to listen?