Renee Hobbs

“More than a concept, it is necessary to understand the importance of media literacy as an instrument of public policies, essential to promote democracy and dialogue,” state the editors of the most recent Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal. The authors of the 3/2023 issue respond to the issue’s title question “Who is talking with the audience?” (¿Quién dialoga con el público?) with best practices and analysis from a range of contexts. Kanchan K.

I am choosing to interpret the pro-vegan documentary What The Health(2017), that inspired me to stop eating meat for the last 4 years, directed by Kip Anderson and Keegan Kuhn, who are the creators of many other pro vegan films such as Cowspiracy and Seaspiracy. The film Cowspiracy, which the 2 made before the film I will be discussing focused on the environmental implications of veganism, in an effort to convince people to switch to a meatless diet.

Meme Posted to Donald Trump Jr.’s Instagram Humans encounter propaganda daily. However, some forms of this content go heavily unnoticed. Propaganda may be defined as a potentially factual, one-sided message which targets an audience’s ideologies, political beliefs, or commercial purposes (Hobbes, 2021). Like other forms of media, propaganda can take many physical forms such as traditional images, advertisements, or films.