EPISODE AIRING 16-19 SEPTEMBER, 2011 click to download episode
This week, we
welcome the initiatives that inspire the SYDNEY FRINGE FESTIVAL; as well as
examine the repercussions of inaccurate reports in the media and catch up with
head of Screen Studies at the Australian Film Television and Radio School
MEDIA MISINFORMATION - MIG CALDWELL
STEPHAN
LEWANDOWSKY of the University of Western Australia has dedicated much of his
professional life examining the problems that arise from misinformation and
memory and how the public interpret inaccurate reports.
As he reports
in a piece recently published in The Conversation: "Warning: your
journalism may contain deception, inaccuracies and a hidden agenda", the
act of correction is usually ignored by memory recall.
GOOGLE-EYED
ARTWORK - ANNIE WYLIE
Google 'Uncanny
Valley', go to page 3, and create an artwork based on something you see.
This is the
task that 25 artists were given by Hardware Gallery in Enmore, Sydney as part
of the Sydney Fringe Festival this year. The results have been varied, from
knitted banana's to urban landscapes and everything in between.
MIDDLE
EASTERN PRESS FREEDOM - TIM ROXBURGH
Egyptians say
that the country’s ruling military council is using the chaos as an excuse to
roll back the hard-won freedoms that the country has recently had a taste of.
Rania Al-Malky
is the editor in chief of Daily News Egypt and was in the country recently
INDUSTRY
KNOW-HOW POMO STYLE - MIG CALDWELL
Many aspire
towards cracking it big time in the film making business but as the digital technologies
progress and transcend into our daily lifestyle more and more media personnel
face redundancy
But for head of
Screen Studies, DR KAREN PEARLMAN, the blending of digital and physical worlds
has been a long time coming.
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