I wrote a new blog post, sharing a new book I bought yesterday in Salisbury, North Carolina, as well as 7 other books I wanted to buy but ended up just adding to my reading wish list:
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/03/02/reading-wish-list/
I wrote a new blog post, sharing a new book I bought yesterday in Salisbury, North Carolina, as well as 7 other books I wanted to buy but ended up just adding to my reading wish list:
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2025/03/02/reading-wish-list/
“Among the reasons she was fired was an “excessive focus on diversity, equity and inclusion..”
Trump Pulls the Military Back Into the Political and Culture Wars (NYTimes, 23 Jan 2025) #GiftLink #ConCW
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-military.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk4.Y8Ct.k6e_RlqM7Z_E&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Fantastic #AngryPlanet [PODCAST] conversation and perspectives: “Pete Hegseth and the Surreal World of the Civ-Mil Divide With Phil Klay”
https://pca.st/episode/6ba77356-d6e6-4e1c-b6e9-81ca83a17f67
(1/2) Ep 45: Our Media Firewalls #WisdomWithWes
https://youtu.be/QQ4VdbTpbjY?si=Bmgpyfi6ncpsIRaz
Reflections on how all of us need “media firewalls” to protect our minds from polarizing and potentially upsetting information, media messages and gossip all around us.
#WisdomWithWes #wellness #health #DigitalDiet #polarization #ConCW #HealOurCulture
More episodes of my “Wisdom With Wes” videos series are available in this YouTube
I am listening to #StraightWhiteAmericanJesus [PODCAST] The Christians Who Want to Scrap the Constitution to Crown a King (9 Dec 2024)
Listening to #StuffYouShouldKnow [PODCAST] “The Ruby Ridge Standoff”
https://pca.st/episode/df486e17-012b-476c-ab17-abe120f7b8b0
Intriguing & on-point observations by #KateStarbird about “participatory storytelling” in today’s social media environment, the way right wing social media influencers succeed via-a-vis “traditional objective media / journalists.” Also how “the Democratic Party is not telling a compelling story…”
#TechPolicyPress [PODCAST] “Towards Resilience: A Conversation with Kate Starbird About the Future of Online Elections Discourse”
https://pca.st/episode/ed93d6ed-cf06-4c45-9117-7c0da527cf8e
MAGA Filmmaker Trump Praised Admits 2020 Election Fraud Doc Was B.S. (Rolling Stone, 2 Dec 3024)
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/dinesh-dsouza-admits-2000-mules-documentary-false-data-1235188932/
#ConCW #conspiracy #politics #polarization #DineshDSouza
If you are interested in media literacy topics like this one, check out the resources (including a private Facebook group) for my “Conspiracies and Culture Wars media literacy inquiry project”
https://medialiteracy.wesfryer.com/concw
“If you do not think nation state promulgated disinformation and propaganda campaigns are real and continuing in November 2024, your eyes and ears are closed.”
Read more on:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnWithWes/s/R2xxMA1Tus
My morning #HealOurCulture [PODCAST] enrichment: “After the Ballot: Deepening Discipleship & Democracy In Dangerous Times” by #InversePodcast
I’m listening to [PODCAST] “What Just Happened in America, with David Brooks” by #ConversingPodcast (12 Nov 2024)
https://youtu.be/FiVyxkJx1vs?si=q2Cq-iWKj91m2t4D
(7/8) theories and the 2024 United States election:
https://mediaeducationlab.com/events/conspiracy-theories-2024-us-election
More links to connect with and continue learning with me are available on:
https://wesfryer.com/after
#ConCW #ReneeDiResta #MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #election #election2024 #HealOurCulture #JohnGreen
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https://ideogram.ai/g/lAQbbK8pTvaGe5ebyMIIrw/0
This post on
My morning [PODCAST] enrichment: “What the Hell Just Happened?” by #OnShiftingGround #RaySuarez
Making the Case: Evidence Generation Infrastructure in the 2024 Election (Center for an Informed Public at the University of Washington, 29 October 2024)
https://open.substack.com/pub/uwcip/p/making-the-case-evidence-generation?r=4unjx&utm_medium=ios
#book2read: Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom from Slaveholder Religion by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0794FRTWP/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=
#book2read: Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right by Anne Nelson
https://a.co/d/3VJ4z0R
Last night Shelly and I attended an author talk by Amanda Taylor, facilitated by Jennifer Roberts. Amanda is the author of the just released book “How to End Christian Nationalism.”
https://www.amazon.com/How-Christian-Nationalism-Amanda-Tyler-ebook/dp/B0CTJK62FC
I took detailed notes on my laptop and shared them this evening with referenced links and a few photos on my blog, in the post, “Ending Christian Nationalism”
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2024/10/23/ending-christian-nationalism/
(2/2) facilitate.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/concw/
Learn more about the project on my public #ConCW website:
https://medialiteracy.wesfryer.com/concw
(1/2) #book2read: “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism” by Tim Alberta
https://open.spotify.com/show/7H5IRvLxp0cji92aLCA5im?si=gLvDxJSnSGiabTVOupr13g
#ConCW #politics #polarization #evangelical #Christianity #Christian #ChristianNationalism #MediaLit
If you are interested these kinds of topics and issues, please consider joining the private Facebook group for the “Conspiracies and Culture Wars” media literacy inquiry project which I
@Noupside Have you watched “The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem” 2024 documentary on Netflix yet? It is SO well done. Like your book #InvisibleRulers, it draws “through lines” / “connects the dots” from early Internet days with #4Chan through #GamerGate to #Anonymous and #January6. Highly recommended. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31189868/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk #MediaLit #ConCW