#Alert: Propaganda is everywhere — in news, advertising, social media, WhatsApp and even entertainment. But can you identify it? #MediaBuddhi brings you 6 ways to identify propaganda, through an example. H R Venkatesh Poynter International Fact-Checking Network

Also, 4 ways to look at a journalist’s role. BOOM Live mediabuddhi.substack.com/p/how-free-is-…

It's not about #Rihanna. Not about Bollywood and cricket stars responding. It's not even about Twitter. In this video, we look at five strategies to employ when confronted with any news issue that engages our emotions. #MediaBuddhi #toolkit #DishaRavi H R Venkatesh

In Australia today, people can read a politician’s lie on Facebook but not the fact check of the lie.

I spoke w/barkha dutt on charges U.P police filed against her, Mojo Story for REPORTING How the story was verified 4:10 How press deals w/ mistakes(not saying 'twas case here) 5:53 Why this is media harassment 7:53 How to deal with fear n attacks 13:10 BOOM Live #MediaBuddhi

We speak about our right to #cleanair and #cleanwater, but why not our right to #cleaninfo? That’s because we frame the problem incorrectly. We use the term #fakenews to describe a much, much bigger challenge. #MediaBuddhi BOOM Live

Feelings are way more powerful than stories, which are more powerful to facts. That’s how we get #confirmationbias #MediaBuddhi 6 #medialiteracy BOOM Live The NBA star is #KyrieIrving who has now disavowed the theory.

This evening! (I'm racing to finish this immensely interesting book but I can't help but pause and take notes every couple of pages.) Do register and join us...we'll take as many of your questions as possible.

#MasculinityMusings The reaction of some men to laws that'll make marital rape illegal by going on a 'marriage strike' reminds me it's time to state the obvious: masculinity is in extreme crisis mode. We've had the women's lib movement, which is both decades old & ongoing, but

Local news in India has a lot of room to expand. #5 of the #IndianJournalismProject BOOM Live mediabuddhi.substack.com/p/local-news-p…

The scientific method is increasingly relevant in journalism, but should it replace the journalistic method? #6 of the #IndianJournalismProject ft. the work of Sugata Srinivasaraju Amit Varma Katie Palmer Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis UVA Law School's Frederick Schauer BOOM Live mediabuddhi.substack.com/p/the-scientif…

In New York, a #MediaBuddhi state of mind

When is it 'cancel culture' and when is it not? We discuss that and other terms in this podcast episode: cancel culture cognitive bias + confirmation bias chilling effect cheap fakes crony capitalism conspiracy theories cishet MediaBuddhi

While prepping for the C episode I was struck by the nuances of #cancelculture: -Term's mostly used by the right -Celebs who say they're cancelled are mostly not -'Punching up' is OK not 'punching down' -Cancelling leads to #chillingeffect Listen from 01:53-13:44 BOOM Live

Which term is better to use: #HateSpeech or #ExtremeSpeech? The latter is better. Here’s one reason why. For a proper discussion, listen to the MediaBuddhi podcast, Episode 6 by me, Divya Chandra and Archis Chowdhury BOOM Live

For men, 3 misunderstandings about feminism, which is probably one of the most misunderstood words out there. We have a detailed discussion on this in the latest episode of the MediaBuddhi podcast by Divya Chandra Archis Chowdhury and me. BOOM Live

Gender, Sex, Sexuality are separate terms but they can be confusing. Listen to the detailed discussion on this on the MediaBuddhi podcast on all platforms. mediabuddhi.substack.com/p/8-a-no-confu… BOOM Live Archis Chowdhury Divya Chandra

Using cricket to ask: What are #astroturf campaigns and how are they different from #grassroots campaigns? There’s more on this on the MediaBuddhi podcast done by Divya Chandra Archis Chowdhury and me. BOOM Live

This one's so Twitter! A few weeks ago, we published a podcast episode on Extreme Speech MediaBuddhi and I did a 90-second video here, saying the term should be preferred to 'Hate Speech'. Dr Ritumbra Manuvie wrote in, saying that I was not exactly *right*. That exchange led us to

Continuing my journalism-adjacent videos...I had two thoughts from Trevor Noah's latest special: on 'Indian' food and the Indian accent...both need unbundling!