Plato's Cave (12)
Book VII of The Republic: The Allegory of the Cave
Wikipedia: Allegory of the Cave
Mark Cohen (University of Washington): Allegory of the Cave
Contemporary interpretations
Crisis in Journalism (12)
Steve Coll: Crisis in Journalism and Potential Policy Responses (New America Foundation)
History for the Future: Victor Pickard on the Crisis in Journalism (Audio)
Todd Gitlin: Journalism in Criss -- Circulation, Revenue, Attention, Authority, and Deference (University of Westminster, London)
Astroturfing (12: Political and Corporate Front Groups posing as Grassroots Organizations)
Wikipedia: Astroturfing
Sourcewatch: Astroturf
Sourcewatch: Archive of Reports on Astroturf Groups
Sourcewatch: Astroturf Blogging
Center for Responsible Lending: What's An Astroturf Group?"
The New PR Wiki: AntiAstroturfing
PR Watch
Michael Dean Benton: Astroturf Organizations Spreading Propaganda - "Don't Make Us Pay"
Coal Cares (Satire)
The Fourth Estate (12)
Wikipedia: The Fourth Estate
The Dylan Ratigan: Glenn Greenwald -- The Media Failed on WikiLeaks (audio)
Judith Vidal-Hall: A press fit for the purpose? Finding a new model for press and public service broadcasting
Orwell Rolls in His Grave (USA: Robert Kane Pappas, 2003)
Radio Berkman: Yochai Benkler -- Fear of a Networked Fourth Estate
George Carlin (13)
Remembering George Carlin (May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008)
Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television (1972)
Baseball vs Football (1990)
The American Dream (2005)
A compilation of clips from George Carlin's memorable comedy performances
Michael Dean Benton: Nougat Declares What Words Shall Not Be Used
Literate Citizenry (13)
Michael Dean Benton: Questions I Have About My World
Marilyn Brown: Fewer Students Reading Between the Lines
Chris Hedges: America the Illiterate
Susan Jacoby: The Age of American Unreason
Michael Wesch: A Portal to Media Literacy/Michael Benton: Thinking About 21st Century Multiliteracies
Robert McChesney: Rich Media, Poor Democracy
Benjamin Barber: “The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer?”
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