Critical News Literacy in a Non-Democratic Regime: How Young Russians NavigateTheir News | Florian Toepfl – Academia.edu

Critical News Literacy in a Non-Democratic Regime: How Young Russians NavigateTheir News | Florian Toepfl – Academia.edu

“Thus, while scholars of the impact of the internet in non-democratic regimes have barely turned to the concept of media literacy, scholars of medialiteracy have barely turned to study non-democratic regimes. Against this backdrop, one of the primary aims of the present article is to link these two academic debates by, tentatively,suggesting a concept of critical news literacy as it can be conceived of in a contemporary non-democratic regime.”

Are sex offenders and lads mags using the same language? – University of Surrey – Guildford

Are sex offenders and lads mags using the same language? – University of Surrey – Guildford

Psychologists from Middlesex University and the University of Surrey found that when presented with descriptions of women taken from lads mags, and comments about women made by convicted rapists, most people who took part in the study could not distinguish the source of the quotes.