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We must improve our media literacy skills
March 10, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer and Sofia Chassomeris, Opinions Editor Media literacy is a person’s ability to critically analyze the media they consume. Media is a form of communication, and what constitutes media varies; books, films, music, and especially the news are common forms of communication. We engage with media on a daily basis, but to critically think about the content we consume is different from passive consumption. As the media is often rife with misinformation and disinformation, it becomes crucial to question the framing of the content we are shown and consider why the creator has done so. Viewpoints…
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SFU awards professors for powerful media communication
March 15, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer Editor’s Note: The article was updated on March 24, 2023 to correct that Sharon Mah is not a professor, she is a staff member with the faculty of health sciences. The SFU Newsmaker Award recognizes…
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Nobel prize winner Maria Ressa joins SFU for conversation about democracy
September 29, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer On September 13, the SFU Vancouver speaker series invited Maria Ressa, the 2021 Nobel peace prize winner, journalist, and CEO and co-founder of online news agency, Rappler. She was awarded the SFU Honorary Doctorate…
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SFU Digital Democracies Institute receives $6.22 million funding
July 18, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer Editor’s note: The author of this article works for Dr. Wendy Chun as a research assistant. The author is not involved with the Data Fluencies Project. Editor's note: The article was updated on July 22,…
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Tymofiy Mylovanov discusses the war in Ukraine
May 28, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Staff Writer On May 10, the SFU Economics Research Seminar series hosted Tymofiy Mylovanov for the seminar titled, Military and Economic Aspects of the War in Ukraine. Mylovanov is president of the Kyiv School of Economics, associate…
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Digital Democracies Institute receives grant to combat fake news
October 12, 2020Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Led by SFU Communication professor Dr. Wendy Chun, the Digital Democracy Institute received the Canadian Foundation for Innovation grant to research misinformation in the media and improve media regulation. Beyond Verification: Authenticity and the…
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Brexit is the product of personality politics
July 1, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a former resident of Britain, my mother spent most of June 24 on the phone with her friends and relatives who still live in England, consoling them on what they felt was a severe injustice to their nation. The…
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