There have been multiple ways to absorb the news and information about the earthquake in Canterbury over the past few days. From social media, radio and TV to online news sites. Russell Brown takes a look at the strengths and weaknesses of each.
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Health experts reckon young people’s time in front of TV and computer screens is having a catastrophic impact on their futures. Is their theory fact or fiction?
Mark Lundy was convicted of murdering his wife and daughter in 2000. The police claimed he drove at speeds of 150km an hour, from Petone to Palmerston North. Some believe Lundy was wrongly convicted, and that it was impossible he could have made that road journey at such speeds. Last week, Victoria University’s student magazine, Salient, announced an event called the Lundy 500, a car rally, to put the police claims to the test. The idea was met by opposition from Lundy’s extended family, and by the media. The event has now been called off. Was it a publicity stunt gone wrong, or did Salient have a valid point to make? Jehan Casinader is a Wellington-based journalist and youth affairs commentator.
It began as a study project, but an Auckland student’s online experiment has now landed him in hot water with the media. Last week, you may have read a story about 18-year-old Michael Chal, who decided to sell raunchy photos of his mum online. The media lapped the story up. Now, it has been revealed that Michael is in fact a 22-year-old design student who wanted to see how far he could push the limits of social media. The photos were staged, and they weren’t even photos of his real mother. So, how did he manage to pull it off, and why do the media seem so incensed? Jehan Casinader is a Wellington-based journalist and youth affairs commentator.
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Media Ecologist, Gerry Fialka from Venice California, explains how culture jammers, subversive artists and pranksters inflict brand damage to expose corporate manipulation of America’s mediascape. He is in New Zealand this week presenting PIXL THIS, a cult festival featuring videos produced using the PXL 2000, a plastic toy video camera made by Fisher-Price in the 80s. Find out more at The Blow Festival.
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