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In a groundbreaking meeting, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia recently hosted talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militant group, according to a source familiar with the talks."> text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

I found this video really interesting. It's about how the media affects body image ideals for women and girls and what is being done to stop this "fat talk"

this article gives us a lot of information on media literacy. it is divided into 4 parts the definition of media literacy, building on experience, the current landscape, and toward a media literacy movement. in the first part of the article it focuses on the idea of media literacy being different for everyone and that people of all ages use media literacy to understand media for all different reasons. but it does summarize that almost all use it and it is useful for all. as for the second part, it talks about how media literacy is a challenge in the United States of America but there is always some kind of new device or way to spread media literacy and make it more common in the USA. the second part also talks about how media literacy is spread/used in Germany and Canada and how its starting to be used and spread in the USA. part three talks about the challenges that the spread of media literacy has, not allowing it to spread as much as it should. in addition it takes these problems and states some opportunities that come out of them for the spread of media literacy. the fourth and final section of this article talks about the future and what people need to do if media literacy is going to be spread. after stating the needs that media literacy has in order to spread it then supplies the approaches that one/a nation should take in order to overcome these problems. overall this article attacks the problems that media literacy is facing that prevents its expansion but not only does it do that it also gives us many many many ways in which we can approach these problems a fix them, making media literacy a national and one day global ability.

danah boyd talk at MacArthur Forum

In this article they are not talking a lot about the plot and setting about Jersey Shore. Rather, they are talking about the word guido and the stereotype this show is making. This article is saying that the word guido is a word that is very offensive to all Italian Americans. They say the word guido is a very offensive word for Italian Americans and they are shocked by how MTV is using it like it means nothing on network television. The article definitely has a point because the word guido is a very demeaning word for Italian Americans. The article talks about how the word guido is not the term you could usually call someone and pretend it's not a big deal. They say that because of the show Jersey Shore, it is a much more common word and it is making the population of young Italian Americans look bad.

NPR-Talk of the Nation. January 31, 2011. Genre: Talk Show/ World News. Bill Gates goes onto the show to discuss the issue of polio, a disease that was thought to have been completely eliminated by vaccination. According to Bill Gates there are many countries including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria where polio is still an epidemic. It is his goal to eliminate this disease once and for all throughout the world. Bill Gates has invested over 400 million dollars in this process.

International colour and trend forecaster, Latika Khosla talks to IAnD about how one can pursue a career as a colour and trend consultant. Check out the interview and leave us your views…

I get people who want to talk about something on behalf of a client, and they go and recommend it to their friends using their trust factor, then that is the very definition of social marketing.

Dr. Leeds will be talking about this next Tuesday (Oct. 28th) and I thought it applies to Media and Culture. The question is "Does the free market corrode moral character?" and this site has links to several people's points of view.

I guess he's really an expert... Anyway - this is one person's view of the non-verbal behavior we were talking about.

The truth is this: China wrecked the talks, intentionally humiliated Barack Obama, and insisted on an awful "deal" so western leaders would walk away carrying the blame. How do I know this? Because I was in the room and saw it happen.

A new hit in the music world - DJ Hero?

Harvard Medical School is backing off a new student policy that would have restricted interaction with the news media after students complained it would chill their ability to talk about current issues in medicine, school officials said Tuesday.

Jack Reilly was a legendary News and Talk Show Producer. He was VP and Managing Editor of CNBC from 1994 to 1998. Before that, Executive Producer of "Good Morning America," "Entertainment Tonight," "The Mike Douglas Show" and the "David Frost Show."

India's ace fashion photographer Vickram Bawa talks to IAnD about his journey…

This article, taken from the "Montreal Gazette," talks about the copyright of new media material. Traditionally, there are three main categories of media protection: Copy Right, Trademark, and Patent. "In terms of new media, the category of protection that most often applies is copyright." The article goes on to say that copyright is automatic as long as your product is original and fixed. Meaning the work was 1) not copied and 2) the idea has to have a "Tangible form." Just a couple of things to think about when protecting your ideas. -Ck

Date issued: July 30, 2008. A video explanation of creative commons directed by Jesse Dylan and produced by Michelle Meier and Priscilla Cohen. The video focuses on the explanation of how creative commons allows creators to give permission to allow other artists to use their stuff and collaborate with it. It talks about how creative commons now allows people from different parts of the world to feel free to work with something that someone else from another part of the world created. It allows more people to come together and collaborate with one another.