In the “Yes Men Fix The World” video Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are the two activists who expose “the wrongdoings of miscellaneous, mostly corporate evildoers” (Bilchlbaum, 2017). Although this video piece is anything but the standard form of investigative journalism, it appeals to the audience through the satire and comedy. As the two guys …
Putin, Russia and the West
BBC's 4-part series on "How the great Soviet superpower, crushed and humiliated, has been resurrected in the form of Vladimir Putin's new Russia." Series Producer Norma Percy, director Paul Mitchell. A breathtaking documentary, both thumbs up. The Guardian calls the series "compulsive viewing for all those who want to know what went on inside Russia …
Depression & Suicide
DEPRESSION ANS SUICIDE, or Why Prozac failed... (another great lecture by Dr. Hagen at WSU Vancouver) Illness concept (wakefield) Dysfunction in organism That causes harm to individual Depression is assumed to be a dysfunction, a mood disorder, it is often related to serotonin what we often hear, it is a chemical imbalance. The implication is …
Reading Response to: “Social Knowing”
Weinberger, David. 2008. Everything is miscellaneous: The power of the new digital disorder. New York: Holt. (Amazon) His Twitter account: twitter.com/dweinberger In a first few paragraphs David Weinberger introduces a social royalty of the highly hierarchical order - the his/her majesty the Editor. Ultimately editors decide what to put together and how to organize it. …