How Reputation Gets In The Way of Reparations
City life . Climate Change . Culture . Media . Politics . Society . UncategorizedThe Battle For Hearts And Minds To Achieve A Better World. London is a city that can be comfortably prosecuted as guilty for its crimes against the environment. The concrete landscape is impressive, filled with the old and new. An efficient transportation system runs like streams below but above, lies a lack of bike lanes
The Czech Republic, a country where climate change does not exist?
Climate Change . Media . SocietyNovember 17 is one of the most important Czech holidays. It is also the latest one. On 17 November 1989, the Velvet Revolution began, a non-violent transition of power in Czechoslovakia. The riot police suppressed a student demonstration in Prague on International Student’s Day. On the street, where it hapenned – Národní/National street – there
Meet Medic Student Mira Patel
Authors . Health . Media . Society . Student lifeFact File Name: Mira Patel Age: 21 Ethnicity: British Indian/Portuguese Location: London Occupation: Tutor & Vaccinator Education: 3rd year studying medicine at King’s Collage Star Sign: Leo Hobbies: Mira enjoys most sports but especially Football and Cricket, Going to rooftop bars and trying different foods at stylish restaurants Relation: Friends of 11 years Favourite drink: Mojito Life as
From a journalist to a teacher
Media . SocietyAnna Macků is a young and talented 25-year-old teacher who used to be a highly regarded journalist at Czech Radio, which is the most thrustworthy media house in the Czech Republic, according to a Digital News Report survay by Reuters Institute. She now teaches at a primary school in Prague and teaches the Czech language
Welcome to All About Me!
Authors . City life . Culture . Media . Research@IfKW . Student life . Travel . UncategorizedHello, My name is Gabrielle Gez but I am much more comfortable with just Gabi. For the most part, only my mother calls me Gabrielle and it is usually used when I am in trouble; so my full name is actually quite intimidating to hear. What am I? Whilst being in Munich where I am
Are we really aware of climate change?
MediaLast April, a part of France experienced frosts that damaged agricultural land, particularly wine-growing land. Such low temperatures were considered as surprising at that time of the year. When they saw images of destroyed crops on television or on the internet, many people expressed the same thought: why are we being told about global warming
Climate is changing. Why aren’t why?
MediaGlobal warming, endangering of species, air pollution, plastic use, ocean contamination, natural disasters, drought… We are constantly bombarded with detailed articles, scientific papers, worrying news and heart-wrenching images of the consequences of climate change worldwide. It has become a rather uncomfortable habit finding such an alarming number of articles on climate change in the media,
Social media and harmful user-generated content: a responsibility that can no longer be ignored
Media . SocietyRecent incidents following the spread of dangerous viral challenges on social media call for an urgent intervention to hold platforms accountable
Canceling “Cancel Culture”: Ja oder Nein?
Culture . Media . SocietyGerüchte, Lügen, Skandale, Kontroversen und viel, viel Drama. Niemand hat gesagt, dass die Welt der Prominenten ein Zuckerschlecken ist, schon gar nicht für die sogenannten “Celebrities”. Ständig im Auge des Sturms, ist ihre Popularität so zerbrechlich wie Glas: Alles, was sie sagen oder tun, kann und wird normalerweise gegen sie verwendet werden. Indem wir die
Think before you tweet & beware before you share
Health . Media . SocietyI firmly believe that everything happens for a reason, but in retrospect, I never imagined that something like this pandemic could take place, not even in my wildest dreams. Since this coronavirus nightmare began, we bumped into a reality we had never faced before. Waking up to this new reality is tough and mentally exhausting,