Jesse Currell is dedicated to empowering educators, youth, teams, and nations with the skills to thrive in the digital world. She is the CEO at Hands On Media an organization that provide production-based workshops, Hands on Media offers educators and students opportunities to engage with the evolving landscape of media education.

In the second of a two-part series, Jesse discusses her work in the area of Media Literacy

Jesse Currell is dedicated to empowering educators, youth, teams, and nations with the skills to thrive in the digital world. She is the CEO at Hands On Media an organization that provide production-based workshops, Hands on Media offers educators and students opportunities to engage with the evolving landscape of media education.

In the first of a two-part series, Jesse discusses her work in the area of Media Literacy

Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus use the controversy over recently-released photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing "brown face" at a 2011 costume party as a backdrop for a conversation about Marshall McLuhan's concept of "figure" and "ground".

Do shifting "grounds" change how we perceive the figure? An interesting and thought-provoking conversation.

In this week's episode, Neil Anderson and Carol Arcus explore the case studies of Lil Nas X and Bianca Andreescu and discuss their public popularity, how it came to be and what might become of it in the weeks and months to come.

The second of a two-part series of conversations about the popular song, Old Town Road.

Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are joined by special guest, Steven Webbe, as they set out to explore some of the nuances of the popular song, Old Town Road

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!