[Wamvan] Media watch please!

[Joanna Chiu]

This is really interesting. Thanks for sharing Kelly. In response what do you think we can do for our July 15 Monday Media Mutiny action? 

Maybe we can come up with a fun political quiz of our own and have more of the info based on what is found more often in alternative media? We don't have to publish our results in a scientific way but it could help raise awareness of indie media? 

Any other ideas? 

Joanna 

On Jul 4, 2013, at 2:15 AM, Kelly Burns <kelly.burns87 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> Just found this: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/02/women-especially-in-canada-are-more-ignorant-of-politics-and-current-affairs-than-men-says-uk-research/
> 
> It's about a study that determined that women know less than men when it comes to political news. After reading the article, it seems to have a bias towards knowledge of political happenings in news published/broadcast by the mass media. Aside from the typical problematic language that comes with asserting that "women know less" about something, I would hazard a guess that the numbers might present differently if they were taking non-mainstream news into account in the study.
> 
> I'm not sure what the thoughts are on this, but it might be worth discussing. 
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> -- Kelly
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Joanna Chiu <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Our next Monday Media Mutiny event for July will involve an action around problem(s) we see in local BC or Canadian media.
> 
> To help out our now larger group of new organizers plan the event, can you please be on alert this week for things in the media that you find problematic, oppressive, sexist, racist, ageist, victim blaming, etc?
> 
> Please feel free to send your ideas to the listserv or to me directly so I can pass on your idea to organizers.
> 
> To post to the list, email anytime to: wamvan at lists.resist.ca
> 
> If you're pointing to something specific please send along the link(s) and briefly explain your objections.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Joanna
> 
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