Here, Have a Nerdy Past Time!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Alright, everyone, I come to you this week bearing exciting news -- especially if you are a fellow media-nerd. I have found a way in which to expend virtually no effort while similtaniously improving my media literacy! Sound too good to be true? I assure you, it's not! (Alright, I probably sound sort of like an infomercial here, but I'm still fairly geeked about it.)The source of my newfound knowledge and glee is FreeDocumentaries.org. This website hosts about a hundred full-length documentaries, most of which provide altnernative media perspectives on exciting issues such as Cuba, Nicaragua, US interventions, democracy... You name it and they've probably got it.
Basically, I have combined this website with my extraordingary powers of facebooking, twittering, and general online time-wasting in order to create a fabulous situation of passive learning. Simply put one of these films on in the background while you browse and you'll probably learn something that will blow your mind without even having to do anything!
Here are a few of my favourites:
- War Made Easy // how the US government promotes war in the media
- The Corporation //ways in which the modern "corporation" operates (to be taken with a grain of salt, I think)
- The Lies that Led to War // lies the media has told in order to perpetuate the "war on terror"
- Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive // about the US's invasion of, occupation of, and terrorist regime in Nicaragua
posted by Ashley Girty @ 3:59 PM,
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