Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen

Neil Andersen returns in this episode to pick up some of the threads introduced in the past two episodes. A deeper dive into some of what has emerged in terms of the gamer identity, our dispositions (and pre-dispositions) towards various types of games and the way that games and those who play them are seen in society.

Diana Maliszewski and Denise Colby return for another week to explore more on the gaming dynamic, the identities and even the personalities associated with "gamers".

Guest hosts Diana Maliszewski and Denise Colby bring their passion for games and gaming to this episode of Mediacy. Tonight, what games do you play? How do you play? Why do you play? Bringing a media literacy lens to the experience of the game!

From songs that expresses value, gathers us around particular events and rituals to songs that evoke particular feelings of emotion, there is no doubt just how important music has always been in popular culture.

Tonight on Mediacy, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen begin to take a look at the many roles that music plays in popular culture, then and now.

Fake news is old news, but has become fashionable now. It is a consequence of electronic media and the web, where there are many more news sources.

In this episode, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen begin to explore the emergence of fake news, how to recognize it and, in the end, why we should care about it.

Connect with our hosts on Twitter:

Carol Arcus @arcus3
Neil Anderson @mediasee

Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus return to a discussion of Pop Culture and, in particular, the degree to which youth fashion in the 21st century is (or is not) a medium of resistance.

Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen are joined by Futurist, researcher and powerful public speaker, Jesse Hirsh, to discuss the lack of and, in fact, need for a public service media in a democratic Canada. What is public service media? What purpose could it service? How is it defined and how is it characterized?

Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen embark on the first of several conversations about "Popular". What does it mean to say that something is "popular"? Who decides what is popular? Does popular culture represent our deepest hopes and aspirations or is it something that is created for and delivered to us?

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Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen continue their conversation on Identity, Social Media and Violence with a special focus this week on practical ways that we can engage educators and parents in the conversation. What do we need to be aware of in terms of the developing identities of our children as they grow up?

Using recent violence in New Zealand as a backdrop, Neil and Carol explore the points of intersection between violence, media and identity, with a special focus on the role of social media in helping to weave new and more public narratives.