Media & the Mind: Crash Course Media Literacy #4
You are constantly surrounded by media, so the question is: how does your brain handle all of that? The unfortunate answer is that our brains have a lot of processes that not super helpful...
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Picture this. You sit down in front of a new movie. Or you turn on the radio in the car. What is your brain doing? Well, a lot of things, hopefully. But your brain is also working to make sense of whatever media you encounter. A flicker of pattern recognition and you realize this new movie has a reference to Citizen Kane. A stab of memory, and you’re singing the hook of that song. All. Day. Long. For every conscious reaction and response you have to media, your brain is also subconsciously reacting and responding. Our brains do plenty of things automatically. They tell our lungs to breathe and our heart to beat. And while a lot of these automatic functions are pretty great, there are a few that aren’t. – especially when it comes to media. So today w...
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Picture this. You sit down in front of a new movie. Or you turn on the radio in the car. What is your brain doing? Well, a lot of things, hopefully. But your brain is also working to make sense of whatever media you encounter. A flicker of pattern recognition and you realize this new movie has a reference to Citizen Kane. A stab of memory, and you’re singing the hook of that song. All. Day. Long. For every conscious reaction and response you have to media, your brain is also subconsciously reacting and responding. Our brains do plenty of things automatically. They tell our lungs to breathe and our heart to beat. And while a lot of these automatic functions are pretty great, there are a few that aren’t. – especially when it comes to media. So today w...
