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Category: Mad About Media

In Near FM’s Mad About Media, students from FET College Dhúlaigh take on the big questions, interviewing journalists, academics, and experts about the forces shaping the media we consume every day and finding out how to navigate the world in 2026.

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Mad About Media Episode 5: How Do You Decide What’s True?

From fact-checking and fake information to AI, deepfakes and phone dependence, the final episode asks how we decide what to trust in a world that never slows down. In this final episode of Mad About Media, students from FET College Dhúlaigh look…
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Mad About Media Episode 4: Who Decides What’s Safe?

From film ratings and trailers to TikTok feeds and online harm, this episode looks at who decides what is safe to watch, what gets regulated and what still slips through. In this episode, students look at censorship, classification, online safety and the…
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Mad About Media Episode 3: Who Controls the Story?

From social media bosses and algorithms to democracy and distraction, this episode looks at who decides what we see, who makes money from our attention and why it matters. In this episode, students ask who owns the media we use, how much…
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Mad About Media Episode 2: Lies, Fear and the Feed

From AI-generated content to racist rumours online, this episode looks at how false stories spread, who benefits, and what can happen when online hate spills into real life. In this episode of Mad About Media, students from FET College Dhúlaigh talk screen…
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Mad About Media Episode 1: Who’s Got Your Attention?

From fake news and algorithms to online gambling, this episode looks at what grabs our attention, shapes our feeds and keeps us scrolling. Students look at the content we deal with every day: the stories we see online, the news we trust,…
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