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Media

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

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

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

How modern audiences can talk about aging art

TikTok's CEO on its future -- and what makes its algorithm different

Lindsey A. Sherrill

Are you an ethical true crime fan? 4 questions to ask

Bryce Dallas Howard

How to preserve your private life in the age of social media

How webtoons are changing movies and TV

Can you outsmart the fallacy that divided a nation?

Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy?

How to Be a Better Human

How to challenge conventional wisdom -- and change any industry

"Aliens built the pyramids" and other absurdities of pseudo-archaeology

TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat -- and the rise of bite-sized content

Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)?

Can you outsmart the fallacy that started a witch hunt?

Dannagal G. Young

The psychological traits that shape your political beliefs

Can you outsmart the fallacy that fooled a generation of doctors?

A call to end the media coverage mass shooters want

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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