Tag: media literacy

• The Ignorance of Decrying Western Media for acting Western

  This is a topic that I’ve been wanting to ignore. Partly because some people might misunderstand what I’m saying. Like that never happens on the Internet. Secondly, because it seems so basic and logical to me even as so many others have been bashing western media for acting western. Here’s what has been annoying me.…

  sassevn

  November 19, 2015

  Current Events

  bias in media, coverage of paris attacks, media for profit, media literacy, opinion, western media

• The Internet May Doom Us All (or at least make us all feel stupid)

  If it’s in print, it must be worth paying attention to! If it’s from a “reputable” site, it must be true! The Internet makes us all susceptible to bias or right-out lies; Therefore, it is the duty of every person who goes on the web to judiciously and skeptically approach EVERY piece of news which…

  sassevn

  July 19, 2015

  Indie Author, Life, social critique

  digital citizenship, digital media, Fake News, media lit, media literacy, pratfalls of the internet, wrong information on the internet

• “These Celebrities Changed our Lives Forever.” Really?

  A week or two ago I saw this headline: These Celebrities Changed our Lives Forever. Really? If that’s true, shame on us. But please let this be hyperbole. I glanced through the “A” list of Hollywood big shots who wouldn’t have even made the “C” list of people who have changed my life forever. Media…

  sassevn

  June 24, 2015

  Life

  celebrity, family, Hollywood, impact of friends, impact of hollywood, life, media, media literacy

• If you can’t read the news without spreading rumors, then …

  It gets tiring. Hearing complete falsehoods from well-meaning people who happened to have read it on the Internet. We know the Internet is awash with reliable sources. I live in Malaysia. As you can imagine, the gossip mill has been cranking out hits at a dizzying rate since the strange disappearance of Malaysian flight 370.…

  sassevn

  March 18, 2014

  Current Events, Life, social critique

  effects of social media, flight 370, media consumers, media literacy, news, rumors

• Advertising is Selling Lies

  Just thought I would give everyone a quick reminder today of the purpose of advertising. I was on my motorbike the other day and went under a raised walkway over the street that had a large, full-color billboard of a new condominium complex. In the photo, two westerners were sitting by the pool in perfect…

  sassevn

  November 25, 2013

  Life

  advertising, media literacy, truth of advertising