The Bechdel Test is a simple way to gauge the active presence of female characters in Hollywood films and just how well rounded and complete those roles are. It was created by Allison Bechdel in her comic... continue reading
posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 7,380 viewsPropaganda in the age of the internet
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Scimming/racing through- the interwebs. Where to position the "intarweb" in political/sociological discussion? Who looks at what and in which way?
Stuff I need to collect for my upcoming diploma about (modern Media/Propaganda). Got any useful/related sifts/book recommendations? Hit me up!
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posted by flavioribeiro 1 decade 4 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 5,670 views(ca. 3 mins) As part of a study, a bunch of people showed up at various mental hospitals pretending to be hearing things. After admittance to the wards, the people announced they were fine. Problem was,... continue reading
posted by calvados 1 decade 4 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 1,062 viewsA wonderful animation of the lecture "Evolution of empathy" by Jeremy Rifkin. via Nerdcore
posted by dingens 1 decade 4 years 6 months ago • 7,426 viewsI'm not sure which is worse. The bunch saying "We can deny entry to anyone whose opinion we don't agree with", or the bunch saying "See? We're not racist. We also deny entry to Jews!"... Facepalm.
posted by demon_ix 1 decade 4 years 6 months ago • 2,729 viewsAn interesting and well researched talk on conformity and the effects of repetition and social pressure to create a false majority, based on psychosocial and neurological experiments. "Conformity [...]... continue reading
posted by hpqp 1 decade 4 years 6 months ago • 1,067 views • 9:58Empire or Humanity? What the Classroom Didn't Teach Me about the American Empire by Howard Zinn Narrated by Viggo Mortensen Art by Mike Konopacki Video editing by Eric Wold To read more from Howard... continue reading
posted by siftbot 1 decade 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 12,783 viewsca. 2 mins. Along with the delta-winged Vulcan, the Valiant and Victor (the "V Bombers") were the backbone of Britain's nuclear deterrent for many years during the Cold War.
posted by calvados 1 decade 4 years 6 months ago • 2,698 views • 2:13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptome http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks http://cryptome.org/ http://wikileaks.org/
posted by NordlichReiter 1 decade 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,667 views • 8:35Dan Fanelli will keep you safe. Safe from stereotypes.
posted by Hybrid 1 decade 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 6,745 views"We don't hate anybody." Sure you don't! I know someone who is voting them in today, be interesting to see how desperate things have gotten in this country and how many votes they're going to get. Actually,... continue reading
posted by alien_concept 1 decade 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 1,488 views2/23/2010
posted by NetRunner 1 decade 4 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 1,336 views4/2/2010
posted by NetRunner 1 decade 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 3,175 viewsWhat an enlightened cartoon for its time. I think the times have receded somewhat from this view.
posted by longde 1 decade 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 985 viewsOne of the largest scale and most expensive pranks in human history was kept secret for 50 years. The perpetrators were a team of artists in the U.S. Army, and the victim was Hitler. And what they did... continue reading
posted by EDD 1 decade 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 5,172 viewsFrum: "Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox."
posted by oohahh 1 decade 4 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 4,548 views