MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
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Have never seen (Putin- style, but now can be used by anyone) troll-bot thing as a tool explained better. It is also helpful for us in the U.S. to see "voter supression" in action removed from racial issues. The most fruitful way to use it is to target low info. voters cynical about politics and politicians:
It really does strike at the heart of small d democracy, as it suggests that those with a certain low education level and/or with little life experience can always be easily manipulated to abstain from voting.
One thing this shows is that dropping civics type classes at high school level for those on a working-class track should no longer be an option.It's going to come back and bite if governments stop trying and just give up on the front of trying to teach people to think critically about what they read and see. Regulating entities like Facebook can only go so far, there will always be another route.
by artappraiser on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 6:43am
They dropped Civics? seriously?
by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 6:47am
Talking UK style edjumaction. Which decided long ago that it's no use force feeding a certain class, let them move on to plumbing courses (until the Polish plumbers invade). Times have changed. They look at their "computer" screens as much as other folks.
by artappraiser on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 6:59am
This is worth a glance and hopeful on topic. By taking it outside politics, study suggests that what people need to be taught is making wise choices about who to trust for info., when and how to switch off emotions:
Edit to add: this is where Rwandan hate radio and Orson Welles 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast meet and making current results look like progress.
by artappraiser on Fri, 03/01/2019 - 8:04am
One thing I've always thought was that current affairs should be the driving force and a large part of the curriculum. When the summit with NK was the major news story the history of north and south Korea and the US and other nations involvement should be a major focus. When Venezuela is the top story the focus would shift to that. It would be difficult because curriculum would need to be created in the moment but it could be done especially now with virtually every student having a computer.
by ocean-kat on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 3:03am
Strikes me as an excellent way, is like a seminar in thinking to discuss in a class with a teacher leading instead of reading some crap by Uncle Harry on Facebook. Hidden within a current event example, instead of doing theoreticals which make it onerous for many. Would give them a feeling that their opinion matters. But then Education (capital E) people have gotten so into rules rules rules, vetted and tested standard curricula with proven results, none of that free wheeling stuff off the cuff like in college with wild professors....and it would make them feel like their opinion is important if well formed, that they are not nobody.
by artappraiser on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 7:25am
and the answer is: noooo-body can fixit:
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/13/2019 - 9:48pm
Editor of the Financial Times:
by artappraiser on Thu, 03/14/2019 - 12:33am