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Is Junk Media Making You Sick?
What is the absence of news and journalism in media doing to us? Nothing good, according to this video from StopBigMedia.Org,
Media, Media Justice & Media Reform ResourcesMedia are the circulatory systems of modern societies. No matter what the issue, how our media cover or fail to cover it, and how we are allowed to publicly discuss it are fundamental to the working of democracy itself. Community Forum Resources
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junk journalismIs Junk Media Making You Sick?Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 18:16 What is the absence of news and journalism in media doing to us? Nothing good, according to this video from StopBigMedia.Org, |
Past WRFG Intern ForumsAs part of their real-time initiation into the worlds of media activism and community radio, WRFG and the Southern Media Justice Coalition require their interns to stage a number of public events to assist the station in growing and educating its Atlanta area audience. On Wednesday, April 29, a community forum on media and power was held at the Auburn Avenue Research Library featuring folks from the worlds of the black print press, the internet, and public access TV. Click the graphic below for full details.
Clark Atlanta University's journalism students also presented their Media Justice Forum on Wednesday April 22 from 6 to 9 PM. Science was dropped, delusions were popped, video taken, realities shaken. Click the graphic below for the pictures. On Wednesda Media Minutes is a 5 minute audio program Get the RSS feed of the podcast directly from freepress.net, or find the Media Minutes listing in the iTunes podcast directory, subscribe directly to the Media Minutes podcast in iTunes. New every Friday. This week -- Time Warner Cable's price-gouging scheme to meter broadband usage was stopped by grassroots action and a congressional response. And the Women's Media Equity Collaborative aims to create sustainable funding and other resources for more than 350 women's media organizations. Click here to download or listen.
Glen Greenwald questions the unpopular reluctance of the Obama administration to investigate, let alone prosecute Bush era torture. Rose Aguilar on how homelessness is covered by the media. Click here to download or listen. |