My aha moment came from watching Ethan Zuckerman's TED talk:
The segment when he shows the various maps and cartograms really put into perspective how narrow our world view is. I used to always feel good when I watched the news, as if I were being a responsible adult by knowing what is going on in the world. However, after realizing how little I actually learn about the world from watching the news, I think I need to reassess my media choices.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Global AHA
Posted by Michelle at 11:10 AM
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I doesn't really worry me that the world doesn't watch each others news. How are we to know that the news we are getting is unbiased and fact based. The censorship of the media is a huge problem around the world. It does concern me that we don't communicate more with people outside in groups. I heard a great story about a US class of children using skype with a group of Korean children, that gives me hope.
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