Media

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Transformative Media: From the Hero’s Journey to Our Collective Journey

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The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2016 By Maya Zuckerman

The Case for Restorative Narratives:

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The phrase ‘future of journalism’ is often uttered in media circles these days—and understandably so. Everyone wants to learn how […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Mallary Jean Tenore

Sharing the News: The Transformation of Journalism in the Digital Age

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Bringing a sharing economy to the newsroom is the most significant transformation wrought by the digital news revolution. We know […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Jo Ellen Green Kaiser

InterOccupy: Toward a Democratic Global Communications Commons

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The world is in need of adopting a radical new operating system. The challenges are vast. The sobering reality is that not a single person knows the best way through to greener pastures, or even if such a world is attainable.

Published in Spring | Summer 2013 By Michael Badger

Listening to the Voice of Humanity

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When we look at world conditions and project current trends into the future we see much that is disturbing—environmental degradation, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, persisting poverty and injustice, violent conflict, the fiscal collapse of democratic governments. The institutions that have the greatest power—nation states, corporations, and organized interest groups—seem locked in patterns of self-interested behavior such that the necessary changes are hard to imagine.

Published in Spring | Summer 2010 By Steven Kull

Social Media Isn’t Changing the World, It’s Creating a New One

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Blogs have been a twitter about Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker article last week slamming those who believe social media can revolutionize activism. The article compares the high risk activism of the civil rights movement with Twitter’s role in the Iranian elections concluding that, “the revolution will not be tweeted.”

Published in Fall | Winter 2010 By Neal Gorenflo

An Interview with John Räätz, Founder of the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment

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Räätz: I no longer have a definition of transformational media and entertainment. When I hear it or see it, I feel it. I instantly know it! But how can I talk about transformational entertainment or media with others if I don’t want to adhere to a strict definition of what it is? What distinguishes a transformational film from an ordinary Hollywood film, for example?

Published in Fall | Winter 2009 By Nancy B. Roof

From Priesthood to Partnership | The Rise of Public Insight Journalism

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Fifteen years ago, ­ I flew to Nairobi, Kenya as Africa correspondent for National Public Radio, a non-profit radio network in the United States. On the way, I stopped in Paris, where a Rome-based correspondent­ passed on a large bag containing a bulletproof vest and helmet. Within two days, I was in Somalia.

Published in Spring | Summer 2008 By Michael Skoler

Media Between Citizens and Power | A World Political Forum Seminar

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By Nancy Roof (Fall/Winter, 2006) I am suffering from information insecurity. I am concerned about the integrity of the news I am getting. Are you? How do you know what is truth and what is spin? How can we make intelligent decisions if our news is biased? Why isn’t there more public outcry over the consolidation of global media?

Published in Fall | Winter 2006 By Nancy B. Roof

Investigative Reporting | A Reporter’s Notebook

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For 30 years, I was a television reporter, roaming the world to investigate stories that needed to be told and […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2010 By Roberta Baskin