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For the last 12 months, the global media has been focused on a lot of bad news. But there were other things happening out there too: conservation successes, huge wins for global health, more peace and tolerance, less war and violence, rising living standards, some big clean energy milestones, and a quiet turning of the tide in the fight against plastic. Stories of human progress, that didn’t make it into the evening broadcasts, or onto your social media feeds. 
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Reports of bombings tend to get huge numbers of mentions on social media, but that doesn't always mean a similar level of news coverage. Via Deanna Dahlsad
Dennis Swender's insight:
The short answer is obviously "Yes." Yet, this question brings up other questions about cultural empathy and how 'connected' we might feel to people of other places than our own global neighborhood. This political cartoon-ish map has more truth in it than we might like to admit; it is subtitled 'How terrible it is the the Western world when a tragedy happens in...?'
Questions to Ponder: Does the 'where' influence if we perceive the event as a true tragedy or not (or maybe just the magnitude or importance of the tradegy)? How come? What does this say about us as inidividuals, society, and the media? How can we teach our students in a way to foster more cultural empathy?
Tags: social media, place, culture, political, terrorism, media.
jorden harris's curator insight,
April 4, 2016 9:52 AM
to me it is mind boggling how we can pay more attention to countries with national threats than others especially with ISIS being so prominent which is a war that is going to take help from not only the united states but the other affected countries - J.H 
Logan scully's curator insight,
April 4, 2016 10:11 AM
It somewhat bothers me how that terrorist attacks outside of Europe and North America is pretty much just ignored by the social media while people are sitting in the hospital for crimes in which terrorists and other religious radicalists have done to their area and country.-L.S.
Brealyn Holley's curator insight,
April 7, 2016 10:20 AM
For the question "Do terror attacks in the Western world get more attention than others?" In my opinion the answer would be yes because a lot of the terror attacks in the Western world are bigger and are expected more than terror attacks near us. ~BH
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To say that online video sharing has exploded would be an understatement. The facts speak for themselves: four billion items are shared on Facebook every day and more than 700 videos are shared on Twitter every minute. According to Comscore, branded online video ads account for 22.6% of all online videos viewed. Via Paula Maria Tinoco Trindade
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"If you have been on social media this week, you have seen screenshots of this week’s CBS News broadcast on Syria, which in fact displayed a map of Iran. Many jokes were made, many tweets went viral. As connoisseurs of hilariously wrong TV news maps, this is nothing. Kids’ stuff. We have dug deep into our collection, gathered lovingly over the years, and now invite you to follow along on a tour of the world according to TV news."
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"In this exclusive, unedited interview, 'I Am Malala' author Malala Yousafzai remembers the Taliban's rise to power in her Pakistani hometown and discusses her efforts to campaign for equal access to education for girls. Malala Yousafzai also offers suggestions for people looking to help out overseas and stresses the importance of education." Via Catherine Hislop, Dana Hoffman, Jocelyn Stoller
analise moreno's curator insight,
October 14, 2014 8:01 PM
This was one of our focuses last chapter. I totally agree with this because woman and as well as men deserve education they need education to have a successful life. I like how she describes this so well and thoroughly she talks about what she wants and needs in her life. 
Raychel Johnson's curator insight,
May 25, 2015 8:42 PM
Summary: In this interview, Jon Stewart talks with Malala Yousafzai, a girl who outwardly fought for women's education, and in doing so, was shot by the Taliban. Even now, she continues to fight for women's equality and their right to education, after she won her Nobel Peace Prize.
Insight: In this interview, the main topic is gender equality, and how it can lead to better education for women, which, in turn, gives women more power. Although developed countries, especially in Western Europe, already display high gender equality, more developing countries, especially in the Middle East, have hardly anything close to gender equality. Even with low amounts of gender equality, people like Malala and advocates in Western countries are striving towards this goal of gender equality. |
