Marcello on ice

This is the link to this morning's pictures of Marcello's icy adventure.

https://picasaweb.google.com/103552582674790418144/MarcelloOnSkates?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCICtxJiWkd-6Pg&feat=directlink

Internet and Dictatorship (Part 2 Material)

http://www.ted.com/talks/evgeny_morozov_is_the_internet_what_orwell_feared.html

Great TED talk language culture

on TED.com
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. (Recorded at TEDGlobal, July 2009, Oxford, UK. Duration: 18:49)

http://blog.ted.com/2009/10/07/the_danger_of_a/

Nick Davies, Bias, Distortion and Propaganda in our News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbd3RQBkprw

This link will lead you to a lecture by award winning journalist Nick Davies (actually the guy who helped Wikileaks to bring their disclosures to a broader audience)on his book Flat Earth News about how the commercialization of the media, their pressure to produce rather than investigate, their dependence on the wire and PR industry lead to bias, distortion and propaganda in our news. The book is great too!

Linguistic imperialism interview

Interesting interview to Riz Khan

Interesting programme documentary

Interesting programme documentary about the New York Times.
Broadcast on Ned2 (VPRO) on 01-02-2012.
Link to more programme information.
English title of documentary: Page One: Inside The New York Times

Language dissapearance

Language dissapereance "not natural"

Dummy Guide to Graphic Novels

For the duration of this course only, the following is available as an idea on how to incorporate Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics with studying a Graphic Novel.

Thanks to Pauline!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/48867356/Persepolis%20booklet%202011%20first%20half.docx