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Common Cause is a non-profit that works to champion and reflect in our culture the human values that underpin our care for one another and our living planet.

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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In one month we begin our 5-week Values 101 course where we'll explore what we mean when we talk about values and how understanding and working with them can help create the cultural conditions for systemic, radical change. Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Back by popular demand 🌱 After a long gap, we're running our Values 101 workshop again. 5 sessions online, Thursdays 22 Oct–19 Nov, exploring how we shift culture toward care, equality & togetherness instead of power & wealth. Places capped at 25. Book here: app.tickettailor.com/events/commo...
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Book here – Values 101: Creating the Cultural Conditions for Change – Zoom
Values 101: Creating the Cultural Conditions for Change – Zoom, Thu 22 Oct 2026 - Thu 19 Nov 2026 - Common Cause invites you to join the Values 101 workshop series, taking place between 9am - 11am GMT...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Journalists - what do you really care about? We’re running a free online 2-hour workshop for journalists on 11/06 exploring exactly that; starting with your own values, before looking at how values shape coverage. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...
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Register here – What do you actually care about? A workshop for UK journalists about values – Zoom
What do you actually care about? A workshop for UK journalists about values – Zoom, Thu 11 Jun 2026 - Research consistently shows that most people value things like equality, community and connection....
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Journalists: every choice you make about what to cover, how to frame it and whose voice to centre shapes what seems normal, possible or impossible in our culture. Rarely are those choices made consciously. A practical toolkit to help you understand how: valuesawarejournalism.org
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Friends in Cymru / Wales — this Saturday we're hosting a workshop at Ffair Cymru in Swansea! Join us at 2pm in The Courtroom at Urban HQ to explore the values that shape how we live, connect, and organise as communities. Come along if you're around 💚
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Why might it be that reminders of threats posed by the climate crisis leave us less motivated to act, rather than more? Or that reminders of our mortality lead some people to become more intolerant towards immigrants? @tomcrompton.bsky.social's blog explores commoncausefoundation.org/the-polycris...
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The Polycrisis and Fear of Death - CC Foundation
Why might it be that reminders of threats posed by the climate crisis leave us less motivated to act, rather than more? Or that reminders of our mortality leads some people to become more intolerant t...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Why do sophisticated campaigns with great messaging still fail to create lasting change? I (Elsie) think it's because strat comms works in the head but values live in heart + gut. I wrote something drawing on kimmerer's "compass" metaphor for values: commoncausefoundation.org/reclaiming-o...
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Reclaiming our ‘compass’ - values work as liberation - CC Foundation
Moving beyond strategic communications to the deeper work of reconnecting with what we truly care about. At Common Cause Foundation, we often say that we’re experiencing a ‘crisis of values’ – but I’v...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Calling all UK media workers - journalists, editors and others. You're invited to fill out this 10-minute questionnaire measure to measure the UK media's personal values and perceptions of the values of their fellow citizens: lnkd.in/eDGymdwP.
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The wonderful @ruthtaylor.bsky.social has written a thoughtful exploration of what it might mean to 'compost' Englishness; meeting the messy reality of facing England's past/present honestly and with integrity and how that might nurture a more just and generative future. Part 1 - lnkd.in/eKEh-yAb.
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Common Cause Australia @commoncauseaus.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
People are placing greater importance on helpfulness, friendship, social justice, equality, and environmental protection. And yet we witness the growing electoral success of right-wing populist parties promoting political platforms that often stand in direct conflict with these very values. Why?
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Common Cause Australia @commoncauseaus.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Great blog. Also liked the linked article about the masculinist gaze that makes more of men’s increasing support for right wing parties than the much greater surge in support for left wing parties among women. Would love to see some similar analysis for #auspol - anyone?
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The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde
There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
If you ever find yourself wondering why, if people care deeply for one another and other living beings, it feels like everything in the world is going wrong, then you're not alone. This paradox is the topic of @tomcrompton.bsky.social's latest blog: commoncausefoundation.org/if-people-ca...
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If people care deeply for one another and other living beings, why does it feel like everything is going wrong? - CC Foundation
At Common Cause, we often find ourselves grappling with a striking paradox: why, when people report placing high importance on universalism and benevolence values that predict deeper levels of social ...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
We've just sent out our May newsletter. Have a read and sign up here if you'd like to receive future editions which we send once a month: us2.campaign-archive.com?e=__test_ema...
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If people care deeply for one another and other living beings, why does it feel like everything is going wrong?
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
We enjoyed reading this recent piece in @theguardian.com from @casmudde.bsky.social and what is, essentially, a call to action to speak to intrinsic values www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde
There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde
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Unbias The News @unbiasthenews.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
🚨 We just launched our first crowdfunding campaign! Let us introduce you to Public Editor: What if your neighborhood could shape the news? We’re launching Public Editor to put climate justice at the heart of local journalism. Back the project now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pub...
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Public Editor: Berlin's climate reality check
From trashed pavements to rising rents, we investigate the real cost of climate in Berlin.
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Adfree Cities @adfreecities.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🧠 How does advertising affect what we prioritise and how we respond to social issues? Check out our latest blog and podcast episode with @ruthtaylor.bsky.social of @commoncause.bsky.social where we dissect some big brand ads! Huge thanks to Ruth for joining us 💚 adfreecities.org.uk/2025/04/sell...
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Selling love: how ads undermine intrinsic cultural values - Adfree Cities
This blog is about the relationship between advertising and cultural values, based on a thought-provoking conversation with narrative strategist Ruth Taylor of Common Cause Foundation, which you can h...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
*Last few days to apply!* Common Cause is hiring: docs.google.com/document/d/1... *Salary:* £46k pa pro rata - for maximum of 3 days-a-week. *Location:* Applicants must be based in the UK, have the legal right to work there, and willing & able to work remotely. *Deadline:* 9am BST on Mon 28 April.
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Parenting in the age of neoliberalism: how extrinsic values have reshaped childhood: From Paw Patrol to sleep training - how the global economic system and the extrinsic values that underpin it have reshaped childhood and parenting - read our latest blog: commoncausefoundation.org/parenting-in...
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Parenting in the age of neoliberalism: how extrinsic values have reshaped childhood - CC Foundation
As I dutifully re-read the Paw Patrol book thrust into my hands by my three-year-old for what felt like the hundredth time that day, I found myself skipping over the section where the cartoon canine h...
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Peter Lipman @peterlipman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Our friends @commoncause.bsky.social are looking for someone to join their small team to help build on their recent successes. There's lots of opportunity to bring new ideas and perspectives to shape the next phase of their work. Deadline 28/04. Apply here: commoncausefoundation.org/contact/
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Contact - CC Foundation
contact us Drop us a message If you have any questions about our work, or can see an opportunity for us to work together, do feel free to get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.  Jobs & Opportunitie...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Common Cause is hiring! We're looking for someone to join our small team to help build on our recent successes. There's lots of opportunity for a new member of the team to bring new ideas & perspectives to shape the next phase of our work. Find out more & apply here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Last week @elsieroderiques.bsky.social discussed the importance of understanding (and taking responsibility for) values in the news media as part of a ClimateXchange fireside chat exploring how climate affects what audiences care about. You can rewatch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqc5...
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
When David Graeber explained why Corporations behave the way they do in modern Capitalism! youtu.be/QOVnb3y8hm4
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David Graeber on Modern Capitalism
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Social democracy is not a viable alternative to capitalism. It is a tempting prospect, but ultimately suffers from violent contradictions that cannot be sustained. 🧵
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
For the past 4 years, we've run our flagship course, Values 101. We are set to deliver it twice more this year, but then we'll likely be pausing our workshops whilst we explore other projects. If you've been meaning to sign up, you can do so here: www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...?
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Throughout 2024, we deepened and expanded our work, reaching new people and helping to build momentum for proportionate responses to the crises we face globally. We've pulled together a summary of what we got up to over the year: commoncausefoundation.org/wp-content/u...
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NEON @neonuk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We're hiring someone for 6 months to work as a press officer on our Spokesperson Network project. It involves placing people in broadcast media on a regular basis, developing & maintaining media contacts and meeting the needs of participants on the programme. Deadline is 16 Feb> lnkd.in/e4yBdDfs
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
"Lakoff is right: we need to support and celebrate the arts for its subversive potential. But this potential is, without question, lost as soon as the arts become valued only for their contribution to economic growth." Read @tomcrompton.bsky.social's latest blog post here:
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George Lakoff and the Arts on Trump’s inauguration day - CC Foundation
On the day of Donald Trump’s most recent inauguration, the veteran campaign strategist and “deep frames” scholar George Lakoff published a 17-point rallying call to resist authoritarianism, co-authore...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday for our Values in the Media : working with values in practice workshop www.tickettailor.com/events/commo... let us know if you'd be interested in hearing about future Values in the Media workshops and events
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Select tickets – Values in the Media: working with values in practice – Zoom
Common Cause Foundation invites you to join a workshop developed specifically for those working in the UK media. Values in the...
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Ruth Taylor @ruthtaylor.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
If you're a journalist or media professional, come and join me, @elsieroderiques.bsky.social and others in your field to talk about the media's cultural values footprint this Thursday! www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...
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Select tickets – Values in the Media: working with values in practice – Zoom
Common Cause Foundation invites you to join a workshop developed specifically for those working in the UK media. Values in the...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Do you work in media? You're invited to an online workshop on Thurs to explore how the media influences our cultural values. We'll be diving into the research behind values, how they work & how they influence our perceptions of social and environmental injustice. www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...
People sit on chairs in a horseshoe shape, looking towards a panel of speakers. A presentation slide is projector on the wall behind the speakers which reads: What can the UK media sector do to take responsibility for its influence over UK values?
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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Could you be our next Chair of Trustees? Outgoing Chair Jeremy Oppenheim shares his highlights of working with us to take action on the systems that harm us and our planet. Download our candidate pack and apply by 27 Jan: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/about-us/tru... youtu.be/WIbPKLV8Izg?...
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Could you be our next Chair of Trustees? Our outgoing chair shares his highlights of working with us
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Join us on a journey that demonstrates the need to shift our mainstream cultural values to intrinsic values such as care, equality, creativity and togetherness in order to step up to meet the multiple social and environmental crises we are navigating.
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The importance of cultural values for meaningful change
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Last year we were interviewed by @neilmerrick.bsky.social for a report on the Values in the Media for the latest edition of the @nujofficial.bsky.social's The Journalist: content.yudu.com/web/3pylg/0A... Let us know what you think!
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The Journalist Dec-Jan 2025
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Tom Crompton @tomcrompton.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Pleased to have contributed to this important paper on the many ways that patriarchal worldviews show up in responses to the nature crisis link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PatriarchyInConservation @commoncause.bsky.social @watchingclosely.bsky.social #AnweshaDutta #LeonieBossert
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Mapping the patriarchy in conservation - npj Biodiversity
It is essential to ensure the effectiveness of current conservation efforts to meet the interconnected crises of biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, and climate change. In this article, we discuss...
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Common Cause Australia @commoncauseaus.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Our friends at Common Cause UK have facilitated this very useful summary of the connection between patriarchy and conservation. Part of this is the tendency for conservation organisations to insist on valuing nature in monetary terms when arguing for its protection. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Mapping the patriarchy in conservation - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - Mapping the patriarchy in conservation
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🎯 Conservation can reinforce patriarchy via precarity for women conservationists, treatment of animals, suppression of certain forms of knowledge, militarisation and financialisation. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I was honoured to be amongst an awesome group who took part in the discussions as this paper developed. I think it’s highlighted a really important intersection between patriarchy & conservation - which explains why some firms of conservation are highly unjust & ultimately fail.
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
A brilliant new paper on conservation patriarchy - must be widely read: ‘We conclude that patriarchal norms and structures within conservation must be questioned and dismantled to make conservation more effective and just’ www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Mapping the patriarchy in conservation - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - Mapping the patriarchy in conservation
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Common Cause Australia @commoncauseaus.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This delightful animation from our colleagues at Common Cause UK also sums up neatly what we're all about here in Australia, for our new mates on BlueSky!
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SEEd - Sustainability and Environmental Education @seeducating.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Join us for an #OurSharedWorld #LearningLunch! OSW, a #coalition of global organisations working towards #SDG4.7 is running a series of sessions to #showcase our members' work! Next week, we'll explore @commoncause.bsky.social's amazing work on #values! Sign Up: oursharedworld.net/osw-learning...
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Eliza Anyangwe @elizatalks.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
It’s been a mad mad day. exhausted and busy, I was regretting agreeing (many many months ago) to speaking at @commoncause.bsky.social’s Values in Media event. But just minutes into @elsieroderiques.bsky.social’s welcome and I already feel good to be here to share and learn from others.
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
We’re here at the beautiful St Ethelburgas for the very first ‘Values in the Media’ conference, where we’re discussing what the UK media can do to take responsibility for its influence on UK values #VIM24
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
There's less than 48 hours before Values in the Media 2024. If you're interested in exploring the role the mainstream media has to play in shaping our cultural values, please join us: www.tickettailor.com/events/commo...
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Kevin Smith @kevinjgsmith.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
A bunch of different NGOs, think tanks and grassroots groups that we work with across many different sectors through our Progressive Comms Network go.bsky.app/6BxTKDJ
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Last few places remaining for our Values in the Media event this coming Thursday in London. What could the future of UK media look like that supports both those sharing & receiving the news to thrive? How can an understanding of values help guide the way forward? Join us to explore such questions.
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Select tickets – Values in the Media: How the mainstream media shapes UK cultural values – St Ethelburga's Centre for Peace and Reconciliation
Join us for our inaugural Values in the Media event on 28th November, an afternoon of talks and workshops focused on how the me...
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Our November newsletter is out now, with 2025 dates announced for our popular Values 101 course announced. Read it and subscribe here: mailchi.mp/28574e32a4c9...
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How is the news media shaping the values that define British mainstream culture? 🗞️
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Common Cause Foundation @commoncause.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
A recent study in Chilé: ‘journalistic values from an audience perspective’ , recognised the “importance of the human touch in journalism". @elsieroderiques.bsky.social unpacks this and looks at the role that values have to play in her latest blog: #VIM24
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Bridging the values gap: reimagining journalism through human connection - CC Foundation
Last month, a friend and colleague shared an article with me that cited a recent study conducted into ‘journalistic values from an audience perspective’ in Chile, the results of which recognised the “...
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Ruth Taylor @ruthtaylor.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Do you work in the media? Come along to this event on Nov 28th and explore the question of how the mainstream media shapes our cultural values www.linkedin.com/events/value...
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Values in the Media: How the mainstream media shapes UK cultural values | LinkedIn
An event for all those working within or with the UK news media sector You're invited to our inaugural Values in the Media event on 28th November, an afternoon of talks and workshops focused on how t...
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Ruth Taylor @ruthtaylor.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
I've got a new blog out today exploring the common ways that the word 'values' is understood and how perhaps we're missing the transformative power of values for systemic change. open.substack.com/pub/valuesna...
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The Big Thing People Miss When Thinking About Values
When you hear the word 'values' what do you think of? As a word it has many meanings... some more helpful for systemic change than others.
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Philip Ralph @philralph.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The work of Common Cause is vital in these times of hyperbole, lies and division. This event will be a fascinating and important one. I strongly suspect that it would be very useful for TV drama makers too as we are equally responsible for the values we espouse in our stories.
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