In earlier posts, there has been exploration of such phenomena as the use and misuse of the terms “fake news” and “trolls,” along with the many impacts of covert disinformation campaigns, contemporary propaganda, and other phenomena of distorting or negating truth-telling through media manipulation and dissemination of outright falsehoods. A major media event has just occurred in which a video was surreptitiously altered through digital editing and shared in an attempt to make it seem as if Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was “stumbling over and slurring her words” in a recent interview. This doctored video was spread through social media, including by President Trump and figures connected to him. Here is an article in the New York Times that includes video reporting of the story, and another from the Washington Post.
Posts Tagged ‘Social Media’
Shaping our Heroes: Social Media Metrics, Trolls, and Popular Culture
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 5, Media Literacy, tagged Brie Larson, Captain Marvel, Cara Buckley, movie critics, Rotten Tomatoes, Social Media, trolling on March 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Brie Larson stepping into the fray in Captain Marvel
Popular Culture revolves around so many factors, and simply being popular is certainly high among them. This generally requires appealing to a wide audience, and how a media creation can do so seems to balance on some pretty thin tightropes these days. This article by Cara Buckley about how the release of the movie Captain Marvel has played out through digital media discusses the impact of critical platforms, trends in social norms, and trolling on the reception of movies and their place in our culture. Indeed, even their right to develop a healthy existence, or at least as much as the metrics and contributors to Rotten Tomatoes allow them to.
Kids Today and Social Media
Posted in Media Literacy, Resources, tagged Digital Nation, Douglas Rushkoff, Generation Like, Merchants of Cool, PBS Frontline, Social Media, Teen Identity on July 27, 2014| 2 Comments »
If you are looking to review media literacy analytical resources that might be useful for the upcoming school year, this hour-long Frontline piece from this past semester can provide useful perspectives on the generation in our classrooms today, christened “Generation Like” in the title to this PBS documentary. Hosted by author and mediamaker Douglas Rushkoff who writes, “Generation Like explores how the perennial teen quest for identity and connection has migrated to social media — and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with these young consumers.” Also take a look at my earlier post which includes a lesson plan created for the Frontline exposés Merchants of Cool and Digital Nation and may provide guidance or ideas for similar lessons with Generation Like.
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