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The Codes Of Gender

Corporatism, Other Topics
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Created on Saturday, 16 August 2014 10:33

Sut Jhally is a Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Founder and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation. He is one of the world's leading scholars looking at the role played by advertising and popular culture in the processes of social control and identity construction.

His documentary film 'The Codes of Gender' offers an in-depth analysis of how gender is portrayed and performed in advertising. It's a very informative film that will raise viewers' consciousness about the omnipresent codes of gender, that are repeated in concentrated form throughout the media. It will also encourage viewers to question the seeming normality of these codes and understand that these codes, while presented as normal, are insidious, especially for women.

As one reviewer put it:

"Completely engrossing… For a generally jaded viewer such as I, perhaps the best measure of the effectiveness of this work is the fact that it made me see things I hadn't seen before and made me think in new ways, about the ubiquitous images and messages that inundate and inform everyday life."

 

– Gary Handman | Educational Media Reviews Online

The second video in this playlist is a presentation given by Jeanne Kilbourne, that focuses specifically on how women are portrayed in advertising. After watching these 2 videos you'll probably never look at an ad the same way again.

Source: mediaed.org

Jean Killbourne on The Image Of Women In Advertising

The Best Flash Mob Ever

Other Topics
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Created on Tuesday, 9 September 2014 17:42

A beautiful example of how the power of music can bring people together. Ode To Joy is the choral in the final movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

Zero Point

Other Topics
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Created on Saturday, 16 August 2014 12:42

Volume I – Messages from the Past focuses on a hidden episode in human history, unlocking the secrets of the Precession of the Equinoxes and its significance. Zero Point uncovers the messages expressed through ancient monuments worldwide, examines various maps, monuments, and artifacts that seem to reveal great secrets about the nature of time, our past, and our future. It seems we are approaching a point in time known as the singularity but what does that mean?

Volume II – The Structure of Infinity takes a look at the fractal nature of the universe through an examination of the Mandelbrot set, the Fibonacci sequence, and the Golden Ratio, which can be found throughout the natural world and in the ancient megaliths.

Volume III – The Legacy of the Ark examines the secrets of the Ark of the Covenant. What was the Ark? What was its purpose and how did it work? By attempting to answer some of these questions it might be possible to gain an understanding of how to harness Zero Point energy.

Volume IV – Beyond explores the nature of consciousness, examining scientific discoveries that demonstrate the effect of consciousness on the material world, and considers the implications. Part 4 ventures beyond the limits of our perceptions and into a realm of infinite information that is the Zero Point Field.

A word of caution: part 4 has some intense background visuals and may be difficult to watch for some viewers.

Source: Vivid Pictures

Kubrick’s Odyssey – Secrets Hidden In The Films Of Stanley Kubrick

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Created on Saturday, 16 August 2014 15:16

This provocative and insightful film reveals the secret knowledge embedded in the work of Stanley Kubrick. Author and filmmaker Jay Weidner presents compelling evidence of how Kubrick directed the Apollo moon landings. He shows that the film '2001: A Space Odyssey' was not only a retelling of Arthur C. Clarke's novel but also a research and development project that assisted Kubrick in the creation of the Apollo moon footage.

In light of this revelation, Weidner explores Kubrick's film The Shining and shows that this film is in actuality the story of Kubrick's personal travails as he secretly worked on the Apollo footage for NASA.

Source: jayweidner.com