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Media / Hunga Pāpāho

Just Write 2009

Are you a keen writer, aged between 14-18, passionate about social justice or sustainability and looking for a challenge? Then read on….

Media that Matters Aotearoa: The Screenings!

The screening details for this year have been finalised, so get your diaries out and make sure you’re there!

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.

Global Education Centre