media literacy
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Almost a half century since its release, John Carpenter’s The Thing is still a staple in the horror movie landscape. To this day, watchers and fans of The Thing debate the movie’s open-ended ending. Everyone wants to know who’s still human and who is the thing? Is it MacReady (Kurt Russell) or is it Childs (Keith David)? Though that debate is fun, while watching The Thing for the first…
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Video games played a big hand in the development of my media literacy. When I was younger, the general sentiment around video games was that they “rot your brain.” While I agree, too much of anything could be bad for you, my family’s relationship to video games was different. My brother and I began bonding and developing our media…
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Monster narratives and monsters in stories have been popular for as long as I can remember (albeit 30 years isn’t very long), and they will continue being more relevant in 2026 because of the social climate that is fostering. As exhibited in my other posts, I love monster narratives in movies, books, and video games,…