Box of delight
6.1K views | +0 today
Follow
Box of delight
Collection of memorable items for me!
Your new post is loading...
Your new post is loading...
Scooped by Elizabeth E Charles
Scoop.it!

Watching Nature Documentaries Can Produce "Real Happiness," Finds a Study from the BBC and UC-Berkeley

Watching Nature Documentaries Can Produce "Real Happiness," Finds a Study from the BBC and UC-Berkeley | Box of delight | Scoop.it

Hollywood science fiction films imagine future humans in worlds that are no longer green, or never were—from Soylent Green’s dying Earth to that of Interstellar. And from Soylent Green to Ad Astra, humans in the future experience plant and animal life as simulations on a screen, in hyperreal photography and video meant to pacify and comfort. Maybe we live in that world already, to some extent, with apocalyptic films and science fiction expressing a collective mourning for the extinctions brought on by climate change.

No comment yet.
Scooped by Elizabeth E Charles
Scoop.it!

Of mediums and messages

Of mediums and messages | Box of delight | Scoop.it
We look at the legacy of cultural icon Marshall McLuhan 50 years after his prophetic insights into the future of media.
No comment yet.
Scooped by Elizabeth E Charles
Scoop.it!

Tuning In to Media: Literacy for the Information Age PART ONE - YouTube

Tuning in to Media, a documentary by Renee Hobbs, offers a compelling look at the powerful and pervasive role media play in our society and redefines wha
No comment yet.