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Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen

Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus

Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen from the Association for Media Literacy gather each Monday evening to look at 21st Century culture and current events through a media literacy lens. From politics to popular culture, we guarantee that you won"t leave an episode thinking quite the same way you did when you arrived.

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34:09

Mental Wellness One Year On in the Pandemic

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2021/03/10

Wellness expert Glenys Vivian returns to help Neil and Carol understand how to support those around us, and ways we all might go forward together - post COVID.

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46:29

Google & Facebook vs. Australia & Canada- What Price...

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2021/03/03

Our guest Jesse Hirsh blasts traditional journalism as we try to untangle the issues: Why might the newspaper industry be the biggest culprit of all, and how can we disrupt the system through media literacy?

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36:55

Youth, the Pandemic, and Life Online

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2021/02/23

The people in charge of education talk a lot about children, but not so much with them. Neil and Carol chat with Sophie, an Ontario Secondary school student, to help them understand the role of technology in the social and learning experiences of youth in the time of COVID.

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31:55

Digital Parenting & Teaching- How has the virus...

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2021/02/09

Neil and Carol chat with Ethan and Glenys, experts in learning, parenting, and mental health, in an effort to understand why we’re feeling like hamsters on a wheel. Surprisingly, we discover that 2020 taught us lessons that the “before times” never could.

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35:42

The Reality of Parenting for a Digital Future-...

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2021/02/03

Neil and Carol ask a thoughtful parent about the struggle to raise future digital citizens. How do we manage the balance between screentime and other experiences such as exploring and appreciating nature?

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32:26

Metanarrative, Mittens, and Media- How did the...

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2021/01/27

Neil, Paul, and Carol examine how this ceremony embodied the American metanarrative, and agree to disagree on what makes a perfect musical media experience these days.

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42:23

Parenting for a Digital Future

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2021/01/19

Children & Screens?! What’s a parent to do? Wouldn’t it be great to have reliable, informed advice? Listen in as Neil and Carol chat with Sonia Livingstone, world expert on how families negotiate digital environments & how they can make effective choices.

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33:55

The Domestic Terrorism Edition of Mediacy - Taking...

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2021/01/12

Neil, Carol, and guest Paul Levinson deconstruct the bizarre intersections of social media, popular culture, and politics on Capitol Hill during the week of January 4.

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34:41

Paying Attention—not Tuning Out—is Key to Media...

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/12/15

Neil and Carol welcome back Julie Smith to discuss effective privacy strategies for parents and students, acknowledging that true critical media literacy is never negative, but instead develops confidence, enjoyment, and agency.

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31:01

Why Paying Attention, not Tuning Out, is key to Media...

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/12/08

Neil, Carol, and special guest Julie Nilsson Smith ask, 'How is our privacy at risk?' 'How might WE be part of the problem?' 'What should we know?' And 'what might our media literacy do about it?'

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31:57

The Rise of Joe Biden- Revival of Camelot - or Man of...

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/12/01

Might Joe Biden be a new character in the JFK/Camelot meta-narrative? Or is the national story Man of la Mancha? Join Paul Levinson, Carol Arcus and Neil Anderson in this episode of Mediacy as they explore the new twists in the American national saga.

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36:15

The Search for CItizen "Canine"

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/11/25

In his inimitable droll style, Bill Smart (with Neil and Carol) explores dog films - the good, the ugly, and the excellent - and asks whether a dog feature film can ever reach the heights of film artistry.

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32:50

Trump (and Biden) Hot and Cold

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/11/23

Neil and Carol - with the help of Paul Levinson - attempt to understand the Trump/Biden personas and the Pro-Trump rallies of the last week through the lens of McLuhan’s “hot” and “cool” media.

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34:21

Georgia on my Mind

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/11/11

Neil, Carol, and Paul Levinson explore how metanarratives have shaped politics in America, and speculate on whether Joe Biden can stem the Tide of Trumpism.

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41:26

'Twas the Night Before a U.S. Election

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/11/03

On this night before the US Election, Neil and Carol welcome Paul Levinson back to dissect the American metanarrative. Will 'Reality TV’ triumph? Or Biden's ‘hero against all odds’?

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36:10

Navigating New Ground

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/10/27

“Neil and Carol continue their conversation with three smart educators - Diana Maliszewski, Chelsea Attwell, and June Lee - about negotiating virtual and face-to-face learning spaces through media literacy education.”

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30:36

Coping through Media Literacy

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/10/20

Diana Maliszewski, Chelsea Attwell, and June Lee chat with Neil and Carol about the stress of the ‘new normal’, and how media literacy might help us cope.

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36:39

Laurie Townshend on Kamala Harris

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/10/13

Carol and Neil welcome special guest Laurie Townshend to help understand how different audiences negotiated the debating skills of Black, South Asian female vice-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris.

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37:50

Media and the US Election Debates

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/10/07

Carol Arcus and Neil Anderson take a look at the recent US Presidential Debate and, in particular, how the media has handled the event. A look ahead to the Vice-Presidential debates.

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39:26

The Art of the Mask ft. Irene Faiz

Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen ·

2020/09/29

Following on the previous episode - Unmasking the Mask - Neil and Carol welcome special guest teacher Irene Faiz from Toronto District School Board to share creative classroom ideas for building media literacy and art skills through masks. She offers wonderful examples of how to mobilize key media concepts through analysis, personal response, and engaging production projects such as mask logos, birthday/wedding masks, and masks for a social cause.

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