Change Life (Media Studies for a Life in Media 06)
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Sixth of an 8-part series of slidepacks for a course and book about the role, insights, and possible future of media studies for a life in media. Feel free to use, please cite, and share your comments!
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Change Life (Media Studies for a Life in Media 06)
- 1. Media Studies for a Life in Media 06 Change Life
- 6. Caïro – January 2011
- 7. Madrid – May 2011
- 8. London – August 2011
- 9. New York & worldwide – September 2011
- 10. worldwide – March 2012
- 11. 2014-onwards
- 12. 2015
- 13. Europe - 2016
- 14. India - 2017
- 15. US & worldwide - 2018
- 16. Brazil - 2018
- 17. (South) Africa - 2020
- 18. Brussels – October 1996 Moldavia – April 2009 Ukraine – November 2004 Seattle – November 1999
- 19. Beijing – June 1989
Editor's Notes
- How can we live in media and contribute to a better world? How can we move beyond understanding to change the world?
- By Junkyardsparkle - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24353055 Reminder of how using media = changing reality is a concept built into the hardware (and software) of all our media, despite industry attempts to close this off (for example by now including an off switch on a remote control)
- Time 2006/2007 https://www.wollzelle.com/en/blog/2006/12/23/finally-i-m-person-of-the-year-2006
- Kinect (codenamed Project Natal during development) is a line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 2010. ... This enables Kinect to be used as a hands-free natural user interface device to interact with a computer system.
- Henry Jenkins 2010 https://mondediplo.com/2010/09/15avatar Pop culture has now become the basis for a participatory approach to world activism – Harry Potter fans for gay rights in the US, defiant Palestinians protesting about Israeli occupation with their traditional keffiyahs over skins painted blue after Avatar’s Na’vi people
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_revolution Helmed by now-famous Googler Wael Ghonim, the “We Are Khaled Said” Facebook page showed up within 5 days of Said’s death in June and served as a hub for dissidence against Egyptian police brutality as well as a way to disseminate logistical information about the escalating anti-government protests until Mubarak’s resignation. Other activist pages like one actually called “Tahrir Square” cropped up shortly afterward. https://www.elshaheeed.co.uk/2012/01/26/the-story-of-we-are-all-khaled-said-english-facebook-page-1-of/#more-479
- The anti-austerity movement in Spain, also referred to as the 15-M Movement (Spanish: Movimiento 15-M), and the Indignados Movement, was a series of protests, demonstrations, and occupations against austerity policies in Spain that began around the local and regional elections of 2011 and 2012. First starting on 15 May 2011, many of the subsequent demonstrations spread through various social networks such as Real Democracy NOW (Spanish: Democracia Real YA) and Youth Without a Future (Spanish: Juventud Sin Futuro). Spanish media related the movement to the 2008–14 Spanish financial crisis, the Arab Spring, as well as demonstrations in North Africa, Iran, Greece, Portugal, in Iceland. The movement was also compared to Stéphane Hessel's political manifesto Time for Outrage!, which was seen to empower Spanish youth not in school, training, or employment. Protestors rallied against high unemployment rates, welfare cuts, politicians, and the two-party system in Spain, as well as the political system, capitalism, banks, and public corruption. Many called for basic rights, of home, work, culture, health and education. The movement transferred to Europe the model of the protest camp which had been formed in the Arab Spring, adapting it to a more countercultural framework. This would later expand until influencing the creation of Occupy Wall Street.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/08/london-riots-facebook-twitter-blackberry
- OWS: http://occupywallst.org/
- 2014 http://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter Black Lives Matter
- 2015 Tim Hunt https://tinyobsessions.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/distractinglysexy-is-the-best-response-ever-to-tim-hunt/ Distractly Sexy 2015
- refugee in Europe on Facebook 2015/2016 http://news.sky.com/story/1543419/refugees-use-social-media-as-journey-guide Refugee integration and social media: a local and experiential perspective Amanda Alencar ABSTRACT The refugee crisis has spurred the rapid development of creative technology and social media applications to tackle the problem of refugee integration in Europe. In this article, a qualitative study with 18 refugees from Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan is presented in order to investigate the uses and purposes of social media associated to the different areas of refugee integration in the Netherlands. The results indicate that social media networking sites were particularly relevant for refugee participants to acquire language and cultural competences, as well as to build both bonding and bridging social capital. Another important finding concerns the role of government, host society and the agency of refugee actors in determining the way refugees experience social media. Building on these results, a theoretical model for analyzing refugee integration through social media is demonstrated.
- #AintNoCinderella On August 4, 2017, Varnika Kundu was driving back home after midnight when she was chased and almost kidnapped by two men in Chandigarh. She narrated the entire incident on Facebook. “The girl should not have gone out at 12 in the night.” “Why was she driving so late in the night?” “Parents must take care of their children. They shouldn’t allow them to roam at night. Children should come home on time, why stay out at night?” (Aren’t you sick of these questions, girls? Check out the video below.) After hearing such comments by Ramveer Bhatti, the area vice-president of BJP, Divya Spandana, an actress and former member of parliament created #AintNoCinderella in an effort to remind the world that today’s society isn’t some 17th-century fairytale where women should be held to a strict midnight curfew. Soon after this, other women started posting pictures of themselves out after midnight under the hashtag #AintNoCinderella in support of Varnika Kundu.
- 2018 MeToo
- protests against Bolsonaro in Brazil
- #EndGBV Social activism hashtag: #EndGBV This is a hashtag that has been deemed popular around the world but is more common in South Africa’s social media space. The #tag is essentially a cry that calls for a shift away from toxic masculinity and a positive move towards women and children that involves the end of gender-based violence. The #EndGBV tag is used by social justice groups, individuals and victims who use it to call out perpetrators or seek help from social media platform users. This hashtag is often accompanied by the #EndDomesticSilence hashtag, which is promoted by tea brand Joko. The brand has intensified the call on the government to act by passing three vital bills that aim to protect women and children against physical and sexual abuse. This has seen special justice groups such as Sonke Gender Justice working tirelessly over the years to clamp down on domestic violence. This seems to have rattled the chains of other brands and organisations, such as USAID South Africa and the South African Government, and has encouraged them to jump in and assist in dealing with the issue of #GBV.
- white march – twitter revolution orange revolution - indymedia
- Henry Jenkins textual poachers convergence culture spreadable media advocating active engagement with media & media activism combining fandom and popular culture with social activism and digital culture
- Gebaseerd op mijn visie op ons leven in media en een opvatting over mediawijsheid en digitale geletterdheid die uit gaat van een leven lang leren, wil ik tot slot een viertal eigentijdse concepten van mediawijsheid voorstellen als cruciale componenten van dit proces: media voedingswaarde, emotionele digitale geletterdheid, trans(media)literacy, en burgelijke verbeelding.
- https://www.freepressunlimited.org/nl/projecten/storymaker-make-your-story-great-1 Ultimately, the fundamental right to free speech must be as significant as the right to get heard. Traditionally, we held the national press accountable for this rule. In our media life, the current age of mass self-communication, we all share this responsibility. Media literacy can and should help us all to take this responsibility. The problem in our society is not fake news or disinformation; the pressing problem is the growing disconnect between different sections of society, primarily between those who benefit from a globalized, technologized, fast-moving and constantly changing world, and those who struggle to hold on. We see this problem articulated in the growth of global wealth and income inequality, in the refugee crisis, and the rapid rise of ‘liquid fear’ among large sections of the populace – where the most menacing aspect of such fears is the fear of being incapable of averting or escaping the condition of being afraid. Media highlight and intensify such divisions, doubt and despair – as much as they are capable to bridge gaps, to foster human bonds, and to forge shared narratives. Let’s pursue critical and ethical competences to prevent the former, and learn to use, play with, and make media to inspire and promote the latter.