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Neil Andersen And Carol Arcus
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Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Early Childhood Media Literacy Education (part 2) ft. Dr. Faith Rogow
Early Years Media Literacy Education may at first seem challenging but is entirely doable.Two expert early years educators discuss how, based on a very useful guide.
2024-11-23
38 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Media Literacy and the Revised Ontario Language Curriculum
On this special episode of Mediacy, the Association for Media Literacy celebrates Media Literacy week 2023! On this episode of Mediacy we will chat with expert educators and media literacy enthusiasts who are going to share helpful insights and strategies for talking about media literacy in the Revised Ontario Language Curriculum. Thanks for listening! Participants:Diana MaliszewskiNeil AndersenChelsea AttwellMíchílín Ní Threasaigh
2023-10-25
39 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Media Literacy in the Early Years
In this episode of Mediacy, we are talking about media literacy in the early years with Dr. Faith Rogow. Dr. Rogow is an independent scholar who has been a media literacy educator, innovator, and strategist since the 1980s. On today's show, we are talking with Dr. Rogow about her groundbreaking book Media Literacy for Young Children: Teaching Beyond the Screen Time Debates. Listen in for an engaging, insightful, and fun conversation!
2023-05-26
46 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
GenerativeAI in Education
Heidi Siwak and Margie Keats bring their classroom experiences with GenerativeAI Apps to Mediacy. What are the challenges? How might teachers meet those challenges? How might GenerativeAI support learning?
2023-02-24
49 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
A Special Media Literacy Week Edition of Mediacy
A panel of directors in the Association for Media Literacy will gather to chat about media topics of particular interest, what media approaches are somewhat misguided (hint: it's not all about "fake news"), and current events through a media literacy lens.On the panel: Neil AndersenDiana MaliszewskiMichelle SolomonMargie KeatsVisit the Association for Media Literacy at https://aml.ca
2022-10-26
44 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
What should media literacy education be now?
UK Professor Julian McDougall talks with Neil and Carol about building media literacy education at the intersection of social justice, cultural studies, and digital competency.
2021-07-05
46 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Business of Digital Marketing- What are its Challenges and Advantages?
Neil and Carol talk to Toronto entrepreneur Sue Sutcliffe about the online marketing biz, including the newest digital conference site, World Event Centre.
2021-06-22
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
How might watching Let’s-Play videos help children learn from their peers?
Michael Dezuanni, QUT Professor and author of Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms: Learning with Minecraft Let's Play Videos, talks to Neil and Carol about children’s non-hierarchical learning through youtube and Minecraft. They learn that it’s more than just a game.
2021-06-15
40 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Making is an essential part of media literacy education, but how is it connected to critical thinking?
Join Neil and Carol as they explore the benefits and challenges of “making” with David Gauntlett, the author of Making is Connecting.
2021-06-08
42 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Selling Art in the Digital Age- How social media affords freedom, agency, and opportunity to artists who are willing to work for it
Neil and Carol learn from Nina Silver the ins and outs of the online art business, and why art is still art no matter the sales system.
2021-06-01
52 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Exploring Critical Media Literacy- What is it, and why is it more important now than ever?
UCLA’s Jeff Share and Doug Kellner help Neil and Carol understand why Critical Media Literacy is the gold standard in media literacy learning.
2021-05-18
36 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Rise of the Podcast- Why are we so fixated on listening to other people talk?
Neil and Carol’s trusty producer Stephen Hurley shares his philosophy about the differences between broadcast radio and podcasting, and why we love to listen.
2021-05-11
40 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Cereal Boxes or Artificial Intelligence: What inquiry best serves media literacy students now?
Notes from The Media Education Project: Carol and Neil embark on a journey to discover the best iteration of media curriculum now, as guest Belinha De Abreu explains her research and concerns about AI.
2021-05-04
40 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Notes from The Age of Disinformation, Part Two - How disinformation, audiences, and social media interact to spread conspiracy theories
Neil and Carol once again enlist the help of Paul Levinson to understand how the most bizarre conspiracies flourish online and in the minds of Believers.
2021-04-30
43 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Notes from The Age of Disinformation, Part One: How people make meaning from deviant news narratives
Neil and Carol chat with Paul Levinson about the difference between disinformation and misinformation, and how and why “truth” requires our permission.
2021-04-20
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
What Will Become of Your Digital Assets When You Die
Neil and Carol learn a lot about digital estate planning from two brilliant law students, Alisha and Sabrina, including the uncomfortable truth that it might be better to borrow an audio book from the library than “buy” it online.
2021-03-31
45 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Understanding Our Ground Part Two- What is a Classroom Now?
Dynamic educators Aimee and Michilin continue to tell it like it is, offering new gems of wisdom for pandemic pedagogy conversations.
2021-03-23
59 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Understanding Our Ground Part One- What is a Classroom Now?
Two Secondary teachers from the trenches tell Neil and Carol about the struggle to create and cultivate online pedagogy in a pandemic.
2021-03-22
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Mental Wellness One Year On in the Pandemic
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.
2021-03-10
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Google & Facebook vs. Australia & Canada- What Price Democracy?
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?
2021-03-03
46 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Youth, the Pandemic, and Life Online
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.
2021-02-23
36 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Digital Parenting & Teaching- How has the virus pushed us to think differently about learning, work, and parenting?
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.
2021-02-09
31 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Reality of Parenting for a Digital Future- Grounding Sonia Livingstone’s Work
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?
2021-02-03
35 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Metanarrative, Mittens, and Media- How did the Presidential inauguration reflect the hopes and dreams of America now?
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.
2021-01-27
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Parenting for a Digital Future
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.
2021-01-19
42 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Domestic Terrorism Edition of Mediacy - Taking Figure-Ground into New Territory
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.
2021-01-12
33 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Paying Attention—not Tuning Out—is Key to Media Literacy PT II ft. Julie Nilsson Smith
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.
2020-12-15
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Why Paying Attention, not Tuning Out, is key to Media Literacy ft. Julie Nilsson Smith
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?'
2020-12-08
31 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Rise of Joe Biden- Revival of Camelot - or Man of La Mancha?
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.
2020-12-01
31 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Search for CItizen "Canine"
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.
2020-11-25
36 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Trump (and Biden) Hot and Cold
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.
2020-11-23
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Georgia on my Mind
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.
2020-11-11
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
'Twas the Night Before a U.S. Election
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’?
2020-11-03
41 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Navigating New Ground
“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.”
2020-10-27
36 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Coping through Media Literacy
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.
2020-10-21
30 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Laurie Townshend on Kamala Harris
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.
2020-10-13
36 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Media and the US Election Debates
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.
2020-10-07
37 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Art of the Mask ft. Irene Faiz
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.
2020-09-29
39 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Unmasking the Mask
2020-09-22
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Jesse Stommel and Sean Michael Morris
Jesse Stommel and Sean Michael Morris are passionate in their work around critical digital pedagogies. Together, they wrote "An Urgency of Teachers: the Work of Critical Digital Pedagogy. Tonight on Mediacy, Jesse and Sean join Carol Arcus and Neil Anderson for a discussion on synchronous and asynchronous learning in our post-COVID learning contexts. Some very powerful messages for anyone tasked with thinking about the future of schools moving forward. Let's get to what is at the heart of good pedagogy in a digital age.Learn more about Jesse Stommel at https://www.jessestommel.com/Learn more about...
2020-06-30
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Under My Skin
Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen are joined by McLuhan scholar (Fordham University), Paul Levinson, to explore the media under our skin. How do video, street painting, dashcams, bodycams, flash grenades narrate our experience?
2020-06-23
30 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
A Narrative Pivot: from #blacklivesmatter to #defundPolice
Carol and Neil are joined by Fordham University media scholar Paul Levinson to discuss how mourners and news are Constructing an Epic, how the George Floyd narrative has evolved into police reform, and how the protests have become international.
2020-06-17
36 min
Richest Men in Town
Episode #3: Toby Crawford-"On Chains and Change"
In this episode, Tyler and Mike sit down with their good friend Toby Crawford to discuss a few of the things that Toby has learned about living "the richest men in town" life. A few of the topics covered in the conversation include:Personal changeService/giving beyond selfOvercoming adversityListen as the hosts of the program explore Toby's rich life and the choices that he has made with the hope of applying those lessons to their lives. Show Notes:Who is...Elder Neil L. Andersen-Apostle of the Lord Je...
2020-06-13
1h 59
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Further Adventures in Interweaving Narratives
Neil Andersen, Carol Arcus and Paul Levinson take a deeper look at interwoven narratives during this powerful time in social and political life. In this epsiode, the team explores memes, iconography, the giddy Bible, taking a knee, the NFL pivot, and more.
2020-06-10
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Oh What A Tangled Web
In this episode, Paul Levinson, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen explore ways in which the George Floyd murder protests and the Covid-19 pandemic twist and turn around one another. This conversation will continue in the next episode.
2020-06-02
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Narratives of COVID-19
Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen welcome back Marshall McLuhan scholar Paul Levinson to the show to talk about the narratives that are being woven during this time of pandemic. A fascinating and very rich conversation
2020-05-27
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Weaving the Story of A Pandemic
Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen take a look at the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of the storyteller. What stories are being told? What narratives are being woven? Who is the audience? Who are the characters? The plot?Visit the Association for Media Literacy website for more information: https://aml.ca/
2020-05-20
31 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Pandemic, McLuhan and The Media
How is the pandemic centering us in the media environment? Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen continue their exploration of how the media is covering and portraying the current COVID-19 crisis from a McLuhan perspective.
2020-05-12
33 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Pandemic and the Media PT 2
Tonight Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen welcome back author, singer-songwriter and professor of communications and media studies, Paul Levinson. Paul rejoins the team to continue an in-depth examination of the current COVID-19 pandemic through a media literacy lens.
2020-05-05
30 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
The Pandemic and the Media
Tonight Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen welcome author, singer-songwriter and professor of communications and media studies, Paul Levinson. Paul joins the team to continue an in-depth examination of the current COVID-19 pandemic through a media literacy lens.
2020-04-28
30 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
COVID-19 PT 5 — Continue to Talk to our Children ft. Glenys Vivian
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are, once again, joined by guest expert, Glenys Vivian. Another great conversation about how to stay attuned to the needs of our children this time of global uncertainty. Ideas for talking to and engaging with our children.
2020-04-21
30 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
COVID-19 PT 4 — Continue to Remember the Children ft. Glenys Vivian
In this time of global concern, if not crisis, we are reminded that our children need our care and attention. Tonight on Mediacy, Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are, once again, by Glenys Vivian, an education and school-based wellness lead with the York Region District School Board.
2020-04-17
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
COVID-19 PT 3 —Remember the Children ft. Glenys Vivian
In this time of global concern, if not crisis, we are reminded that our children need our care and attention. Tonight on Mediacy, Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are joined by Glenys Vivian, an education and school-based wellness lead with the York Region District School Board. In this episode, the team discusses ways of being attuned to the signs that our children are sending us, and how we respond.
2020-04-07
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
COVID-19 PT 1
Neil and Carol take a first look at the media being produced around COVID-19. It's been declared a global pandemic related to the virus, but is there also a growing pandemic of fear. A media literacy "first dive" into COVID-19.
2020-04-05
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
COVID-19 PT 2
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus continue their look at the COVID-19 story and narrative through a media literacy lens
2020-04-05
35 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Mediacy - Mentorship
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus welcome educators Chelsea Attwell and Ethan Andersen about mentorship——in education and, more specifically, in the area of media literacy!
2020-03-13
36 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Media Literacy is Going to the Dogs
How might we understand the uses of dogs in media experiences? What's the best advertising dog? Join media teacher (and dog lover) Bill Smart, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen for a fun discussion of dogs in media.
2020-03-03
36 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Medieval Times - A Family Dinner or a Media Literacy Construct
Recently, Carol Arcus took her granddaughter to a local edition of The Medieval Times Banquet and Tournament. Not surprisingly, Carol couldn't resist bringing her media literacy lenses to the experience. She joins Neil Andersen to talk about what she saw through those lenses!
2020-02-25
39 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Payback Time - PT 3 ft. King Cosmos
King Cosmos is a Calypso artist. His song Payback Time—a course in Black History and music—demands reparation for the centuries of slavery that built the American economy.
2020-02-19
35 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Payback Time - PT 2 ft. King Cosmos
King Cosmos is a Calypso artist. His song Payback Time—a course in Black History and music—demands reparation for the centuries of slavery that built the American economy.
2020-02-11
41 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
PayBack Time - PT 1 ft King Cosmos
King Cosmos is a Calypso artist. His song Payback Time—a course in Black History and music—demands reparation for the centuries of slavery that built the American economy.
2020-02-06
36 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Hart Pomerantz - Understanding Humour
2020-02-01
39 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Brain Research and Media Literacy Pedagogy PT 2
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus continue their conversation that connects what current brain research is telling us about our response to our mediated world and the way that approach teaching about media literacy. In this episode, Neil and Carol talk about Anticipation, Rewrite and Mirror Neurons.
2020-01-21
43 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Brain Research and Media Literacy Pedagogy
In this first episode of 2020, Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus gather to begin a conversation that connects what current brain research is telling us about our response to our mediated world and the way that approach teaching about media literacy.
2020-01-07
39 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Screen Time - A Middle School Conversation Part Two
Neil Andersen rejoined by two middle school students, Jade and Rowan, who enlighten us with their perspective, habits and ideas around the use of screen time by young people.
2019-12-17
35 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Screen Time — A Middle School Conversation
Neil and Carol are joined by two middle school students, Jade and Rowan, who enlighten us with their perspective, habits and ideas around the use of screen time by young people.
2019-12-10
33 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
On Podcasting Part II
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus bring Marshall McLuhan and his thinking on media to their continued conversation about podcasts and podcasting. Are podcasts a form of New Media, or a retooling of one that has existed for some time now?
2019-12-03
33 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
On Podcasting
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are joined by Stephen Hurley as they take a deep dive into the podcasting phenomenon.
2019-11-27
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Parenting in A Digital Age II
Educator/parents Chelsea Attwell and Rebecca Leslie are back to discuss anxieties and ideas about establishing a healthy relationship between our children and their technology.
2019-11-19
37 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Parenting in a Digital Age Part One
Carol Arcus welcomes educator/parents Chelsea Attwell and Rebecca Leslie to talk about the challenges and opportunities of parenting in a digital age.
2019-11-15
41 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Canadian Humour II
Neil and Carol continue their unique look at Canadian humour from a media literacy lens. How can we apply McLuhan's idea of the Figure and Ground to reflect on the development of the Canadian humour scene.
2019-11-07
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Canadian Humour - Part I
Carol and Neil dive into the world of Canadian humour, including sketch comedy, from a media literacy lens. How is Canadian humour different than that expressed in other countries and cultures? What makes the Canadian brand of humour unique?
2019-10-30
33 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
Federal Election 2019 - Greek Theatre for the Modern Age?
Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen unpack the 2019 Federal election campaign, including Carol's theory that the CBC television coverage of the election returns mirrored the elements of traditional Greek Theatre.
2019-10-23
37 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
S2 EP 06 Media Literate Elections
In this special, pre-election edition of Mediacy, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen talk about the media's role in election campaigns, the role of social media and how campaign messages are constructed.
2019-10-17
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
S2 EP 05 Jesse Currell Living Media Literacy PT 2
Jesse Currell is dedicated to empowering educators, youth, teams, and nations with the skills to thrive in the digital world. She is the CEO at Hands On Media an organization that provide production-based workshops, Hands on Media offers educators and students opportunities to engage with the evolving landscape of media education.In the second of a two-part series, Jesse discusses her work in the area of Media Literacy
2019-10-10
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
S2 EP 04 Jessie Currell - Living Media Literacy PT 1
Jesse Currell is dedicated to empowering educators, youth, teams, and nations with the skills to thrive in the digital world. She is the CEO at Hands On Media an organization that provide production-based workshops, Hands on Media offers educators and students opportunities to engage with the evolving landscape of media education.In the first of a two-part series, Jesse discusses her work in the area of Media Literacy
2019-10-01
40 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
S2 EP 03 Shifting Ground
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus use the controversy over recently-released photos of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing "brown face" at a 2011 costume party as a backdrop for a conversation about Marshall McLuhan's concept of "figure" and "ground". Do shifting "grounds" change how we perceive the figure? An interesting and thought-provoking conversation.
2019-09-24
35 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
S2 EP 02: Lil Nas X and Bianca Andreescu—Case Studies
In this week's episode, Neil Anderson and Carol Arcus explore the case studies of Lil Nas X and Bianca Andreescu and discuss their public popularity, how it came to be and what might become of it in the weeks and months to come.
2019-09-17
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
S2 EP 01 - Retail's Risky Future with Guest Jesse Hirsh
2019-09-10
38 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 16 - Old Town Road (Part Two)
The second of a two-part series of conversations about the popular song, Old Town Road.
2019-06-27
37 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 15 - Old Town Road (Part One)
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus are joined by special guest, Steven Webbe, as they set out to explore some of the nuances of the popular song, Old Town Road
2019-06-23
33 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 14 Games - Who? What? Why? PT 3 Neil Andersen and Diana Maliszewski
Neil Andersen returns in this episode to pick up some of the threads introduced in the past two episodes. A deeper dive into some of what has emerged in terms of the gamer identity, our dispositions (and pre-dispositions) towards various types of games and the way that games and those who play them are seen in society.
2019-06-04
39 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 13 Games - Who? What? Why? PT 2 Diana Maliszewski and Denise Colby
Diana Maliszewski and Denise Colby return for another week to explore more on the gaming dynamic, the identities and even the personalities associated with "gamers".
2019-05-29
35 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 12 Games - Who? What? Why? Diana Maliszewski and Denise Colby
Guest hosts Diana Maliszewski and Denise Colby bring their passion for games and gaming to this episode of Mediacy. Tonight, what games do you play? How do you play? Why do you play? Bringing a media literacy lens to the experience of the game!
2019-05-14
43 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 11 The Role of Music in Popular Culture
From songs that expresses value, gathers us around particular events and rituals to songs that evoke particular feelings of emotion, there is no doubt just how important music has always been in popular culture. Tonight on Mediacy, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen begin to take a look at the many roles that music plays in popular culture, then and now.
2019-05-07
40 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 10 Fake News
Fake news is old news, but has become fashionable now. It is a consequence of electronic media and the web, where there are many more news sources.In this episode, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen begin to explore the emergence of fake news, how to recognize it and, in the end, why we should care about it.Connect with our hosts on Twitter:Carol Arcus @arcus3Neil Anderson @mediasee
2019-04-30
35 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 09 Resistance, Fashion and the 21st Century Adolescent
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus return to a discussion of Pop Culture and, in particular, the degree to which youth fashion in the 21st century is (or is not) a medium of resistance.
2019-04-23
44 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 08: A Public Service Media with Jesse Hirsh
Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen are joined by Futurist, researcher and powerful public speaker, Jesse Hirsh, to discuss the lack of and, in fact, need for a public service media in a democratic Canada. What is public service media? What purpose could it service? How is it defined and how is it characterized?
2019-04-16
40 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 07 - Popular Culture I
Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen embark on the first of several conversations about "Popular". What does it mean to say that something is "popular"? Who decides what is popular? Does popular culture represent our deepest hopes and aspirations or is it something that is created for and delivered to us?Join the conversation!
2019-04-09
41 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 06 Identity, Media and Violence
Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen continue their conversation on Identity, Social Media and Violence with a special focus this week on practical ways that we can engage educators and parents in the conversation. What do we need to be aware of in terms of the developing identities of our children as they grow up?
2019-04-03
36 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 05 - Violence, Media and Identity
Using recent violence in New Zealand as a backdrop, Neil and Carol explore the points of intersection between violence, media and identity, with a special focus on the role of social media in helping to weave new and more public narratives.
2019-03-26
34 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 04 - The Impact of Social Media in World Events
What role does/do Social Media play in the enactment of world events? Have social media users, in a sense, become a form of media? What role does social media play in the erosion of empathy among citizens of the global village? What new conversations do we need to be having about the impact of 24-hour streams of content? These questions (and more) are explored on this week's episode of Mediacy.
2019-03-19
33 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 03 Identity in a Selfie Culture
In this episode, Neil and Carol dig deeper into what it means to live in a culture of ubiquitous screen time and screen presence. From selfies that help identify and place us in the world, to questions of when and where selfie images are appropriate, its a deeper dive into our life on in and in the screen.
2019-03-12
32 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 02 Thinking about Screen Time
Neil Andersen and Carol Arcus join Stephen Hurley to talk about how might we discover and respond to the effects of ubiquitous cameras and screens in our society.
2019-03-06
31 min
Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil Andersen
EP 01 Mapping the Media Literacy Landscape
In this opening episode of the Mediacy Podcast, Carol Arcus and Neil Andersen draw the circle wide around the media literacy landscape, underline the importance of seeing all aspects of our life as mediated, and provide us with three important questions to help frame our media literacy conversations.
2019-02-26
31 min