The screening details for this year have been finalised, so get your diaries out and make sure you’re there!
Media / Hunga Pāpāho
Media That Matters Aotearoa 2008
Help us organise this year’s Media That Matters Aotearoa screenings!
Just Write
Applications for Just Write closed on Monday 25 February. Watch this space to find out who will be in our new team.
Global Citizenship in a virtual world
Through the rise of social networking websites and the emergence of the “citizen journalism”, notions of global participation are being dramatically redefined.
An Age Old Problem
Racism and sexism are forms of discrimination that we hear about all the time, splashed across the media….however, another form of discrimination that, while still being very damaging, we don’t hear much about.
THE CONFUSION BETWEEN SEXUALITY AND LIBERATION
Hand in hand with celebrity worship and the “dumb is cute” motto for women is a sensation identified as “raunch culture”.
DO TRY: SOME ALTERNATIVE PIE
The Freedom Shop in Wellington is an “infoshop, which started out as a tiny punk-orientated anarchist bookshop, aiming to spread radical information and support DIY anarchist culture.
STUPID GIRLS?
Apathy and acting stupid in order to be cute has become a full-time occupation for celebrities, and stories about these women have overtaken real news.
EATING THE MEDIA LUNCH
In an increasingly decreasing world, the Global Media are playing more of a role in how young people interpret and understand their surroundings. Here’s a word of warning - never believe everything you see and hear.
“AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH” REVIEW
I saw this movie tonight and it scared the hell out of me. Before this I didn’t know much about global warming… I knew it was something we should be worrying about, but didn’t realise that it has already had such drastic effects, or how urgent it is to stop it.
