Media

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After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News
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After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News

After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News explores the ongoing threat posed by the ‘fake news’ phenomenon in the United States, focusing on the real-life consequences of spreading disinformation, false stories and...
The Brainwashing of My Dad
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The Brainwashing of My Dad

The Brainwashing of My Dad, directed by Jen Senko, explores the power of right-wing media. The documentary focuses on her World War II veteran father and how right-wing talk radio transformed him from a non-political Democrat...
The Fake Sheikh Exposed
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The Fake Sheikh Exposed

The Fake Sheikh Exposed is a BBC documentary investigating Mazher Mahmood, a British tabloid journalist who built a career by posing as a ‘sheikh’ and persuading public figures to engage in illegal acts. This controversial fo...
Generation Like
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Generation Like

Generation Like examines modern marketing culture and how corporate marketers manipulate youth culture. It reveals how marketers deliberately co-opt young people in order to promote their brands and products via social media....
Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook
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Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook

Inside Facebook offers a rare and insightful profile of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, charting the meteoric rise of the social media giant from its humble beginnings in a Harvard dorm room to its evolution into a...
The War You Don’t See
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The War You Don’t See

The War You Don’t See, by John Pilger, examines the reliability of the media during conflicts around the world, particularly in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It also discusses the role of embedded r...
Starsuckers
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Starsuckers

Chris Atkins explores humankind’s desire to be in the limelight and its impact on society. His film Starsuckers showcases the lengths publicity agents will go to in order to keep celebrities in the limelight and in gossip rag...
The Truth According To Wikipedia
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The Truth According To Wikipedia

The Truth According to Wikipedia revolves around the reliability of Wikipedia, a free encyclopaedia that can be edited by anyone and is one of the most popular websites on the internet. It highlights the fact that anyone can...
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War on Journalism is an exposé of cable and satellite news channel Fox News and the perceived right-wing bias that has led many to question the network’s claim of being ‘fair and balanced’. Filmmake...
Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison
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Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison

Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison analyses how the long and storied relationship between Hollywood and the US Army has resulted in arrangements such as the United States Department of Defense maintaining a liais...
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
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Orwell Rolls in His Grave

Orwell Rolls in His Grave is a comprehensive and pointed analysis of America’s controversial media–democracy dynamic. Filmmaker Robert Kane Pappas paints a portrait of American democracy in crisis at the hands of an increasin...