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Spirituality in The News & Media
There's a growing body of alternative media outlets producing amazing material about Spirituality, Philosophy, Psychology & Religion.
They also provide contrasting views and opinions on topics of interest and world events. Accessing different sources and perspectives is absolutely vital to make informed decisions.
Spirituality
in the Media
Spiritual Magazines & Articles
A collection of written materials produced on spirituality and published in the media, such as news articles and magazines.
Spiritual Channels, Podcasts & Radio Shows
Here you'll find a selection of spiritual channels, podcasts, and shows
Alternative & Positive Media
Be better informed and look after your mental health with these alternative media sources
Gell-Mann Amnesia & the Illusion of Impartiality
We should all be more aware of the Gell-Mann Affect, whereby we trust newspapers on topics we're not knowledgeable about, in spite of knowing they're utterly incorrect on topics we know all about. Our newspapers and media outlets are all owned by a select few, and they control what we get to hear about and how. It's about time we stopped granting these entities so much control over what we think and feel!
Quotes About The Media
“What is happening here is that television is altering the meaning of ‘being informed’ by creating a species of information that might properly be called disinformation. Disinformation does not mean false information. It means misleading information—misplace, irrelevant, fragmented or superficial information—information that creates the illusion of knowing something but which in fact leads one away from knowing.”
“There is no subject of public interest—politics, news, education, religion, science, sports—that does not find its way to television. Which means that all public understanding of these subjects is shaped by the biases of television.”
Neil Postman
Neil Postman
Charles F Glassman
“Don’t mistake being informed by trusting what you hear or read in the news. The most trusted information is what you feel in your gut.”
It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.
Jacques Ellul
Amit Ray
“Do not expose yourself too much with the negative messages of the news media. Keep yourself informed but don't cultivate fear psychology.”
“The most unliterary reader of all sticks to 'the news'. He reads daily, with unwearied relish, how, in some place he has never seen, under circumstances which never become quite clear, someone he doesn't know has married, rescued, robbed, raped, or murdered someone else he doesn't know.”
Malcom X
If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
CS Lewis
Thomas Jefferson
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
If people in the media cannot decide whether they are in the business of reporting news or manufacturing propaganda, it is all the more important that the public understand that difference, and choose their news sources accordingly.
Thomas Sowell
