NONVIOLENCE IN CULTURE & SOCIETY

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How do media reports influence your thoughts and feelings? Who
actually produces the things you read or hear? How ‘independent’ are they? Due to disproportionate attention to violence, many people get a distorted view of reality, and violence is also considered very normal. After all, you can read about it every day. What if we thought more about humanity’s potential to live in peace? Take a look at our page with an overview of various sites with peace news. You can also try a ‘media fast’. What is a day like without internet, TV, movies, radio, or newspaper? On that day, take time to think about these questions and your feelings.