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Media

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Media.

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Video playlists about Media

The pros and cons of screens

To have screen time, or to not have screen time? These talks duke out the good and bad of our everyday tech.

How to pop our filter bubbles

Insights and advice to escape the echo chambers of social media, newsfeeds and everyday conversation so that we may get a better, less rose-tinted grasp of the world and people around us.

For the love of comics and cartoons

Enjoy these talks on two-dimensional art that can give joy, color and surprising honesty to our three-dimensional lives.

Media with meaning

In a world filled with sound bites and paparazzi-snapped photos, there are still storytellers determined to create media with meaning. From feature films to citizen journalism, their work is worth spreading.

Talks about Media

Giorgia Lupi

What long COVID taught me about life (and data)

Angus Hervey

Break the bad news bubble (Part 1)

Spencer J. Cox

How to disagree with respect — not hate

Isaac Saul

3 ideas for communicating across the political divide

Angus Hervey

The good news you might have missed

Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak

How to live with economic doomsaying

Sylvester Chauke

What if advertising was honest?

Yara Shahidi

Let curiosity lead

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Sam Gregory

When AI can fake reality, who can you trust?

Jane Ferguson

Life on the frontlines of war reporting

Annie Rauwerda

The joy of learning random things on Wikipedia

Jordan Dinwiddie

10 lessons I learned from being a nerd

Taylor Cassidy

Why real change is about more than just going viral

Angus Hervey

Why are we so bad at reporting good news?

Rainn Wilson

Kung Fu, Star Trek and the many paths to spirituality

Tom Graham

The incredible creativity of deepfakes — and the worrying future of AI

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Exclusive articles about Media

Love the news but hate clickbait and fluff? Here’s how to get more quality and less quantity

Digital minimalist Cal Newport shows how you can turn off the information firehose and follow current events on your own terms. Are you ready to join the attention resistance?

Posted Feb 2019

What a girl wants? Fewer Photoshopped images of women in magazines, for starters

15-year old Julia Bluhm is a ballet dancer and body image activist. You might see a disconnect, but Julia sees an opportunity; having seen her ballet friends struggle with body issues, she decided to do something about it.

Posted Nov 2013

How journalist Paul Lewis helped solve two murders using social media

Acclaimed for harnessing the crowd in the name of news reporting, Guardian journalist Paul Lewis gives his take on the state of journalism.

Posted Aug 2013

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