Autistic Fantasy – A New Literary Genre
Reappropriating a Definition According to the American Psychological Association, autistic fantasy “is a defense mechanism in which a person deals Continue reading
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Freud & Happiness: An Absurdist Tragedy
In Civilization and its Discontents, Freud suggests that the purpose of life is the pursuit of happiness – guided by Continue reading
High Art and Negation
In his book One-dimensional Man, Herbert Marcuse considers high art the ultimate form of negation. However, it can not be Continue reading
Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media / Democracy and the Media / Reaching for Control: Raymond Williams on Mass Communications and Popular Culture / The Technology and the Society
The Technology and the Society Reaching for Control: Raymond Williams on Mass Communications and Popular Culture Democracy and the Media Continue reading
Environmental Communication and the Mass Media
Environmental Communication and the Mass Media By: Cameron A. Straughan As a biologist, writer, and film/videomaker, I have always Continue reading
Risk & Culture
Risk & Culture By: Cameron A. Straughan June 23, 2002 The first thing that attracted me to Douglas and Wildavsky’s Continue reading
Mad Cows & Mother’s Milk – Risk Literacy: Is it the Missing Link in Environmental Education? – Lay Foibles & Expert Fables in Judgements about Risks
Mad Cows & Mother’s Milk (Ten Lessons & Appendix) Risk Literacy: Is it the Missing Link in Environmental Education? Lay Continue reading
What Makes a Good Environmental Documentary?
What Makes a Good Environmental Documentary? By: Cameron A. Straughan A documentary is a “creative dramatisation of actuality” with some Continue reading
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