In this module Rob Burley answers the question: “In practice, those in the media who cover politics need to have a good working relationship with politicians and with their PR. How can this be reconciled with the notion that political reporting ought to be impartial?”, focusing in particul
From playlist Government and Politics
POP CULTURE: Better Celebrities
It’s easy to criticise modern societies for being ‘celebrity obsessed’. But the problem isn’t an interest in celebrity, it’s the sort of celebrities paraded before us. We don’t need no-celebrities, we need better-celebrities. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like ou
From playlist POP CULTURE
Recognizing Persuasive Language
In this video, you’ll learn strategies for recognizing persuasive language. Visit https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/digital-media-literacy/recognizing-persuasive-language/1/ to learn even more. We hope you enjoy!
From playlist Digital Media Literacy
Is It Better to Be Polite or Frank?
We live in an age that thinks highly of frankness and directness. But there are – nevertheless – a few reasons why politeness remains a hugely important quality. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/hMBQQs FURTHER READING “For most of hu
From playlist RELATIONSHIPS
The Beautiful Faces of Persian Culture...and Spirituality - Matthew Thomas Miller
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From playlist Iran at the Crossroads of Civilizations
POP CULTURE: What's wrong with the media
The media is supposed to tell us everything important: so why, after spending so long with it, are we generally so overloaded, confused and oddly unfocused on the stuff that really matters? Please SUBSCRIBE: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7] If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship
From playlist POP CULTURE
POP CULTURE: What Is Cinema For?
We all love films, but often don’t think hard enough about the role of cinema in our lives and in society more generally. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE CLIPS ARE, SEE BELOW. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/ZxHbRL Join our exclusive maili
From playlist POP CULTURE
Download Fishing Clash on your iOS/Android device for free: https://fishingclash.link/Vsauce2 Use my gift code VSAUCE2 to get an awesome reward for a total value of $20, and share your biggest catch in the pinned comment! Support Vsauce2: https://www.patreon.com/Vsauce2 From career mafi
From playlist Data Science
Fake News, Part 3: Post-truth politics
Support CaspianReport on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CaspianReport Bitcoin: 1MwRNXWWqzbmsHova7FMW11zPftVZVUfbU Ether: 0xfE4c310ccb6f52f9D220F25Ce76Dec0493dF9aA0 Bitcoin Cash: 1BKLti4Wq4EK9fsBnYWC91caK7NZfUhNw9 BAKU - Fake news, propaganda and questions about the credibility of infor
From playlist Technology
Challenges of Analytic Theology | Episode 1813 | Closer To Truth
Is analytic theology for the better, clarifying beliefs? Or for the worse, undermining faith? How does it compare with philosophy of religion, biblical studies and exegesis, and systematic theology? Featuring interviews with Alan Torrance, N.T. Wright, Eleonore Stump, Michael Murray Seas
From playlist Closer To Truth | Season 18
In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, journalist and commentator CK Lal discusses the history of journalism in Nepal, the current status of print and radio reporting in the country, and its social significance in the region.
From playlist Yale Himalaya Initiative
Populism exists across the political spectrum, but what does it really mean? To find out we have to go back to when the term was coined in the 19th century. #HistoryChannel Subscribe for more HISTORY: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Read More: http://po.st/Populism_America Check out
From playlist Examine the Past | History
Political Philosophy & John Rawls
After discussing the detrimental influence of logical positivism on ethical and political discourse, Jonathan Wolff goes on to explain John Rawls' famous contractarian conception of justice. Rawls' argument takes the form of a thought experiment involving a hypothetical contract in which p
From playlist Social & Political Philosophy
Panel discussion on the ethics of machine learning in children’s social care
This Panel discusses the broader questions around the ethics of using machine learning in children’s social care at the launch event for the report Ethics of Machine Learning in children’s social care, produced by The Alan Turing Institute and the Rees Centre, University of Oxford for What
From playlist Ethics review of machine learning in children’s social care
Stanford professor traces roots of the psychedelic '60s to postwar America
New research by cultural history expert Fred Turner reveals how changing ideals about American democracy in the 1940s and '50s planted the seeds of rebellion that flowered in the counterculture of the 1960s.
From playlist Stanford Highlights
Hamilton and The Three Body Problem SPOILERCAST! - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 3/01/16
The latest book we're gushing over is Liu Cixin's The Three Body Problem, a science-fiction story with ideas that blew our minds. Adam, Norm, and Will review the book and discuss its concepts in a Spoilercast! Adam also talks about his current obsession with Hamilton: The Musical, and we h
From playlist The Adam Savage Project
The Right to an Impartial Judge (s8a)
Judges Central to the rule of law is a fair and impartial arbiter, the judge, who makes decisions based on the law and not personal prejudices, political considerations, or what may be popular at the moment. We examine issues of racial bias of judges and the remedies, or lack thereof, for
From playlist Capital Punishment: Race, Poverty, & Disadvantage with Stephen Bright
The Jury This class examines the role of the jury in capital sentencing, the selection of juries through the questioning of prospective jurors with the exclusion of those who cannot be fair and impartial, the use of peremptory strikes by the parties, the instructions to the jury and its de
From playlist Capital Punishment: Race, Poverty, & Disadvantage with Stephen Bright
An introduction to the game of Impartial Chess, beginning with the green, impartial King.
From playlist Intro to Impartial Combinatorial Games and Their Theory