“Could there be a better way to encourage national hatred than to treat a whole culture and its history as a unified whole, carrying, as if genetically, a hideous quality?” The Ukraine-Russia conflict has made people shun Russian achievements, as if dead Russian masters influenced Putin’s actions. Gary Saul Morson argues that all this is doing is teaching people to hate Russia in its entirety, even its citizens who are opposed to the actions of their government and its rich culture that impacted literature, music, and other fields of study. Read full article here
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Improving media literacy could boost trust towards the news, IMPRESS report suggests
The UK media is regulated by the likes of IPSO and Ofcom. The report by press regulator IMPRESS highlights the link between low levels of media literacy and trust in the news. The study found that three quarters of those who did not know if journalists were regulated did not trust the news. It suggests that improving media literacy is one way to stem the erosion of trust, and shows that audiences have an appetite for information on news processes. Stakeholders need to collaborate in order to rebuild trust in the news, and independent media is well placed to do this. Read full article here
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February 1, 2023
