International Council for Media Literacy

Bridging Academia to Action

International Council for Media Literacy
Bridging Academia to Action

Author Profile: Olivia Frenkel

  • Olivia Frenkel
    Student
    Willamette University
    Olivia Frenkel is a senior at Willamette University where she studies Civic Communications and Media. Her research interests include critical/cultural studies, ethnic studies, and ecomedia literacy studies. She hopes to pursue a career in academia to continue to interrogate the possibilities and perils of media in an increasingly digital age.

Algorithms and Climate: An Ecomedia Literacy Perspective

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Abstract Drawing on examples of Bitcoin and climate disinformation, this article demonstrates why Big Tech algorithms have a significant environmental impact and how media literacy educators can respond. Big Tech algorithms reinforce the economic models of surveillance and carbon capitalism, which are dependent on two forms of extractivism: data harvesting and resource … [Read more...] about Algorithms and Climate: An Ecomedia Literacy Perspective

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