Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Globalisation and the Media





















Here is a video I found on globalisation and the media.



It mainly focuses on new technology and its impact on the media.
Towards the beginning you'll see Chris Cramer, the president of CNN International News. He says, 'There are only two broadcasters who now have a large spread of international bureaus. One is BBC, primarily public funded, one is CNN, business, commercially funded. And they're too different types of organisations but they share a common goal, and that is to try and make the world a smaller place."

However, as the narrator points out, many argue that in fact these companies are not fulfilling their roles. That is, the world is becoming a smaller place but for all the wrong reasons - view points are narrowing. It's a really hard problem to comprehend, as how can we possibly hear everyone's view? Journalists aren't super heroes and can only act within the boundaries of which ever company they are working for, and then there's economic factors. As yet, I don't have an answer for all of these questions but I guess the main thing is to be as open minded as we possibly can. Baby steps!

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