Tag: media

Centre for Ageing Better launch report on portrayals on how the media portrays ageing

Stuart Mitchell

Media portrayals of later life are overwhelmingly negative, according to a new report by the Centre for Ageing Better, with print media, entertainment and advertising promoting damaging stereotypes of older people.   The print media tends to represent the age shift in the population as a crisis or a societal burden, according to the report, with the ageing population described using metaphors like “grey tsunami”, “demographic cliff” and “demographic timebomb”. Often, older people are depicted as “villains” unfairly consuming too many of society’s resources. This language also contributes to the process of ‘othering’…

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UNESCO and Twitter team up for media and information literacy

Stuart Mitchell

Social media conglomerates are often looked upon with suspicion when it comes to the management of their platforms and collaboration for social development. Media and information literacy is a potent way to help people to critically navigate these information superhighways while enabling them to understand that they have the autonomy to choose what they do online or not. In a unique partnership with UNESCO, Twitter is launching its updated Teaching and Learning with Twitter Guide during the Global MIL Week celebrations from 24-31 October 2019. The Twitter Learning Guide now has…

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2018 Edelman Trust Barometer Reveals Record-Breaking Drop in Trust in the U.S

Stuart Mitchell

The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals that trust in the U.S. has suffered the largest-ever-recorded drop in the survey’s history among the general population. Trust among the general population fell nine points to 43, placing it in the lower quarter of the 28-country Trust Index. Trust among the informed public in the U.S. imploded, plunging 23 points to 45, making it now the lowest of the 28 countries surveyed, below Russia and South Africa. The collapse of trust in the U.S. is driven by a staggering lack of faith in…

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All About Trans Launch Resources for Trans People engaging with the media

Stuart Mitchell

UK charity All About Trans have launched a resource for Trans People Engaging with the media. We would usually write up from a press release on this, but on this occassion we felt it was  appropriate to include the whole piece from their site as we feel it’s important people see the full article. This piece is originally from their website, so please have a look there, as this site has some amazing advice for those who may need it. These are the recommendations: Many trans and non-binary people get…

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