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TED Talks
TED: Women should represent women in media | Megan Kamerick
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. How do you tell women’s stories? Ask women to tell them. At TEDxABQ, Megan Kamerick shows how the news media...
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Media Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom
Educators, discover how media literacy can be taught/learned within all social studies classes.
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Navigating the Blurred Lines: Distinguishing Fact from Opinion in the Media
This video explores how the Internet has blurred the line between fact and opinion in media, leading to challenges in distinguishing between the two. It highlights the importance of being able to differentiate facts from opinions, as...
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Decoding Media Messages: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Text
This video emphasizes the importance of critically analyzing media messages by looking beyond the surface content to uncover the true intentions, biases, and implications. It guides viewers to consider the source of the message, how it...
Crash Course
Media & the Mind: Crash Course Media Literacy
First thing’s first: what is media literacy? In our first episode, Jay breaks this question down and explains how we’re going to use it to explore our media saturated world.
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Fox News keeps breaking its own rules
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Don't fall for the antifa trap
The media's panic about antifa reflects an old bias in the way journalists cover protest movements. Subscribe to our channel!'http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>channel! Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut...
The Telegraph
Steven Pinker: Danger of moral panic over “fake news”
Social media companies face a tough choice in censoring their users. Steven Pinker joins Steven Edginton to discuss rationality, big tech companies and conspiracy theories in the latest Off Script podcast. Watch the full episode above or...
TLDR News
Housing Minister Robert Jenrick’s Planning Scandal: Cash-for-Favours or Coincidence? - TLDR News.
Government Housing Minister Robert Jenrick has been catching a lot of media attention in the last month or two - with some of his old decisions coming to light and looking a little... suspect. Most notable among these is his approval of...
Big Think
How news feed algorithms supercharge confirmation bias | Eli Pariser
The most powerful editors in the world? Algorithms. - According to a Pew Research poll, 45% of U.S. adults get at least some of their news from Facebook, with half of that amount using Facebook as their only news outlet. - Algorithms on...
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The 50 Cent Riddle That Stumped Australian Students
A 50 cent coin has 12 equal sides. If you place two coins next to each other on a table (see video for diagram), what is the angle formed between the two coins? This was asked to 12th grade (age 17 and 18) students in Australia. Many...
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"Impossible" Math Problem Leaves 15 Year Olds In Tears - New Zealand (Parabola Question)
A maths test in New Zealand is causing a lot of controversy because many students felt it was too hard. The story is getting huge coverage in New Zealand and even in some British and American news outlets. In this video I share one of...
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Guess Your Age And Shoe Size - Why The Viral Trick Works
Follow the simple instructions in the video and the result will be a fun mathematical effect! The trick got really popular a couple of years ago, but no one explained exactly why it worked. So in this video I also give the reason why the...
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Can You Solve The Cat, Fish, And Bird Riddle? This Algebra Problem Tricks Many
A child spent $100.00 to get 100 toy animals. The child bought at least one cat, one fish, and one bird, and did not buy any other toys. If a cat costs $10.00, a fish costs $3.00, and a bird costs $0.50, how many of each toy did the...
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Viral Math Problem "Stumping The Internet" - Coconut Plus Apple Plus Banana
This emoji math problem has over 2 million comments on Facebook and is getting coverage in mainstream media and blogs. Can you figure out this Facebook fruit algebra puzzle involving apples, bananas, and coconuts? The video presents what...
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The Media Got The Math WRONG - The Golden Ratio
15-year old Joseph Rosenfeld thought he spotted an error in the Boston Museum of Science. The exhibit Mathematica has a sign that says the golden ratio is (√5 - 1)/2. He remembered and checked online that the golden ratio is supposed to...
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"Only A Genius Can Solve" Viral Math Problem - The Horse, Horseshoe, Boots Problem
A lot of people are arguing over the correct answer to this emoji math algebra problem involving horses, horseshoes, and boots. A Facebook post with this problem has over 500,000 comments. Can you figure it out? In this video I explain...
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One Of The Hardest Puzzles: Can You Make 24 From 3, 3, 8, 8?
This problem is tricky even for people who are good with numbers. Can you make 24 from the numbers 3, 3, 8, 8? You can use the operations + - × ÷ ( ). You have to use all four numbers (the digit 3 two times and the digit 8 two times)....
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"Impossible" Math Problem Leaves 15 Year Olds In Tears - New Zealand (Kite Question)
I WAS WRONG! This video shows the correct answer, but there was a slight flaw in the proof presented so I made a new video to correct it. You can watch this video first, or just watch the new videoef='https://youtu.be/g_w0HxH_dCg'...
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The Best Way To Arrange Eggs Mathematically!
When you remove eggs from a carton, you may want to select eggs so the weight is evenly distributed and the carton will be more stable to hold. This video presents three different methods to select the eggs in a logical way. The third...
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The REAL Answer To The Viral Chinese Math Problem "How Old Is The Captain?"
Media outlets around the world went crazy over a 5th grade math exam question in China. But they all missed the real story! The problem actually dates back to French researchers in 1979. In this video I present the real story to the...
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Can You Crack The Code? "Only Geniuses Can Solve"
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The Cats And Random Mouse Riddle. Tough Problem Solved With Markov Chains
Thanks to Josh for this problem! And thanks to Folke for emailing it to me! There are 7 doors in a line. A mouse starts in the middle at door 4. At doors 1 and 7 are cats. Every day the mouse moves one door left or right randomly, each...