The case files

¿Qué está pasando? Let’s look into it.

Pick something familiar. A show, a first job, a rule that makes no sense.
We’ll start there and work through what’s underneath.

20 cases to explore

Dec explains the circuit out loud while Anika follows his reasoning.
Case 1Learning & support

The boating-school joke leaves something out.

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Portrait of Mari, with the same features and styling as the Common Room films.
Case 2Work & pay

Your first paycheck has a few surprises.

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Rafa and Caio review sharing permissions on a phone.
Case 3Privacy & sharing

Your parents can pay tuition. What can they see?

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Gia and Mateo pause over a message that could change tonight’s plans.The Hunger Games
Case 4Media & evidence4 min

Same moment. Different edit. Who controls the story?

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Mari and Sami look at the room schedule from two different points of view.The Lorax
Case 5Voice & participation4 min

Who gets heard when a place changes?

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Portrait of Anika, with the same features and styling as the Common Room films.Matilda, the book
Case 6Learning & support4 min

Who decides what stays on the shelf?

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Portrait of Rafa, with the same features and styling as the Common Room films.BookTok recommendations
Case 7Media & evidence4 min

Is it a recommendation or an ad?

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Jordy and Gia compare the statement with what people actually need to hear.Zootopia
Case 8Media & evidence4 min

Is that evidence, or an assumption?

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Jordy, Rafa and Anika set up a campus organization table.Your real election information
Case 9Voice & participation4 min

Your ballot is more local than your feed.

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Mari, Sami and Onda listen and compare priorities at an accessible table in the Common Room.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Case 10Learning & support4 min

A city you can actually reach

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Mari and Rafa listen at a community meeting with their notebooks open.Hidden Figures
Case 11Work & pay4 min

Same work. Different pay. Why?

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Sami, Jordy and Dec share a laugh while testing the recorder and microphones at their studio table.Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Case 12Voice & participation4 min

A protest is not one legal question

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Rafa, Jordy, Mari and Caio laugh over the finished blue-and-yellow poster in the print shop.WALL-E
Case 13Voice & participation4 min

Before it reaches the bin

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Caio, Mari and Gia set up a camera shoot in a bright studio.TikTok Stitch
Case 14Media & evidence4 min

Credit is not the whole copyright answer

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Portrait of Caio, with the same features and styling as the Common Room films.The Office
Case 15Work & pay4 min

Internship, or someone’s unpaid job?

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Gia, Mari and Sami share a conversation on an accessible rooftop terrace at sunset.Legally Blonde
Case 16Rules & rights4 min

‘It’s our policy’ is not the end

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Mateo and Jordy cross-check original sources at a white desk.The Good Place
Case 17Ideas & choices4 min

A good choice for whom?

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Sami, Mari and Caio compare possible layouts at a white worktable.Abbott Elementary
Case 18Voice & participation4 min

Follow the school money

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Sami addresses a small community table as Mari and Caio listen.Parks and Recreation
Case 19Voice & participation4 min

Give your comment a destination

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Gia and Mateo compare a cropped courtyard picture with the full photograph while Lupa points to the missing context.Adobe Firefly’s published AI image examples
Case 20Media & evidence4 min

Looks real. What proves it?

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