Media Literacy Archives — Planet Word Museum The museum where language comes to life Wed, 12 Mar 2025 21:11:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://planetwordmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-PW_Logo_BLUE_circle-2-1-32x32.png Media Literacy Archives — Planet Word Museum 32 32 What Tackling Complexity Requires https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-what-tackling-complexity-requires/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:54:03 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=9056 When I think about the issues raised (or ignored) during the just-past election season, so many of them are unhelpfully complex — e.g., vaccines and how to fight the spread…

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]]> A Couple of Neologisms for Today https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-deepfakes-and-a-couple-of-neologisms-for-today/ Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:57:37 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=6704 On November 29, 2022, Planet Word interviewed Dr. Hany Farid from Berkeley about his work to identify deepfake online videos and photography. This is especially important as we enter the…

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]]> Disputes on the Language Front https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-disputes-on-the-language-front/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 19:59:36 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=4929 In the lead-up to the U.S. presidential elections of 2020, it seemed like word usage and language were always in the news. What perfect timing for launching a museum of…

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]]> Information, Misinformation, Disinformation https://planetwordmuseum.org/from-the-founder-information-misinformation-disinformation/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 20:02:53 +0000 https://planetwordmuseum.org/?p=3944 At Planet Word we’ve recently put the final touches on a new “beacon,” the digital stations where visitors can dive deeper into subjects covered in the museum’s galleries. We’ve got…

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