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Searching for ‘indios’ in Ecuador and Venezuela: A Lesson in Language and Data
What happens when the data doesn’t support the story we first set out to tell?
Culture Shot No. 6: Honor/honour
What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word honor / honour? A dive into US and Pakistani media.
Culture Shot No. 5: Homeland (Patria)
What does “the Homeland” (patria) have to do with an ID card? For a Venezuelan, the answer to that question is obvious.
Framespotting with Media Cloud
Researchers at MIT's Media Cloud project unpack their perspectives on media framing.
Framespotting with Carlos Múñiz from the Political Communication Laboratory
Those who follow the news are used to seeing spin around political scandals. Many audiences now recognize when media or political actors spin the news to distract the public’s attention. Can audiences also learn to recognize the strategic use of political framing?
Small but Mighty: Struggles and Achievements of the Sarayaku
The Sarayaku people, a small indigenous community in eastern Ecuador, are rarely in the news. They live near the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador. But twice in the past several years, they have grabbed the attention of Ecuadorian national media in small, but important ways.
“Violence was the concept in dispute”
Reframed Stories asks people to respond to dominant themes in news coverage about themselves and the issues that affect them. The stories center on the reflections of persons who are more often represented by others than by themselves in media. Apawki Castro is the elected leader of communications for the Confederation...
Culture Shot No. 4: Orthodoxy (православ)
For this latest edition of Culture Shots, we decided to look at how Orthodoxy, the traditional religion of the majority of the Russian citizens, is represented in the mainstream Russian media.
Framespotting with Emily May of Hollaback!
In the wake of allegations of sexual assault against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, and the trending social media #MeToo campaign, the themes of sexual violence and harassment have been prominent in US and UK news. We asked Emily May, the co-founder and executive director of Hollaback!, to talk to us about the framing around harassment.
Culture Shot No. 3: Heritage (Patrimoine)
Do you know which country is the "best restored country in the world"? We discovered the answer to this question through our investigation around media coverage around the French word patrimoine or "heritage": France.
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