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Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:22 am
by Hatta
AppleQueso wrote:I've always assumed that all news was handled this way. I've never imagined that say, Japan's news reports much on things outside of Japan unless it actually affects Japan.
Never watched the BBC?
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:38 am
by AppleQueso
Hatta wrote:AppleQueso wrote:I've always assumed that all news was handled this way. I've never imagined that say, Japan's news reports much on things outside of Japan unless it actually affects Japan.
Never watched the BBC?
Nope.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 12:38 pm
by BoringSupreez
Hatta wrote:AppleQueso wrote:I've always assumed that all news was handled this way. I've never imagined that say, Japan's news reports much on things outside of Japan unless it actually affects Japan.
Never watched the BBC?
Britain's news has a little more interest in the rest of the world because they used to own most of it. That's not true of us, so we have less interest in what goes on in India or Palestine. Besides, the UK is so small not much newsworthy stuff happens there I would imagine.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 1:23 pm
by martin31406
Limewater wrote:AppleQueso wrote:I've always assumed that all news was handled this way. I've never imagined that say, Japan's news reports much on things outside of Japan unless it actually affects Japan.
I think it's also worth mentioning that the United States is a large country with a large population. If you live in Europe and you're getting news from 2000 miles away, you're almost certainly getting news about another country. If you live in the United States and you're getting news from 2000 miles away, there's a very good chance you're still talking about a place within the states.
I'm not a big fan of American news reporting, but I don't really know enough about the news anywhere else to make any sort of informed comparison.
Very good point.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:06 pm
by samsonlonghair
martin31406 wrote:General_Norris wrote:MrPopo wrote:I think it's criminal [...] Carmen Sandiago
I see what you did there
The map is also a reflection of the U.S. media. Watch any U.S. news program. Their news is, for the most part, obsessed with the U.S. and the U.S. alone. When they cover nations outside the U.S., it's usually because those nations affect the U.S. in a particular way. With the Middle East, you learn about terrorists and oil. With Columbia, you learn about the drug trade. With the nations in Africa you learn about poverty, violence and HIV. It's perhaps the least informative news in the western world.
You've clearly never watched news from Mexico. Now
that's infotainment!
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:33 pm
by Markell1991
BoringSupreez wrote:Besides, the UK is so small not much newsworthy stuff happens there I would imagine.
That's not fair. Lots of stuff happens. The only thing we don't have is politically influenced televised news shows. Talk about 'unbiased media'.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:17 am
by Ack
Hatta wrote:AppleQueso wrote:I've always assumed that all news was handled this way. I've never imagined that say, Japan's news reports much on things outside of Japan unless it actually affects Japan.
Never watched the BBC?
I do from time to time...or I should say that I read the articles on their website. I don't know of any American news sites that break it down regionally the same way they do, though I wish they would go a little further and break it down by country. If they do, I've never found a means for accessing it.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:57 am
by Mason Workz
World map according to me is "California, rest of this country I don't care about at the moment, and then like 3 or 4 countries I'm currently interested in."
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:57 pm
by lisalover1
My world map is confusing enough already:
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:50 am
by BananaXX
martin31406 wrote:Watch any U.S. news program. Their news is, for the most part, obsessed with the U.S. and the U.S. alone.
So very true. I can't stand watching U.S. news cause it usually always ends up being political and bleh.... I could care a whole lot less about our crappy political "system". This is why I watch BBC World News every chance I can, they expose you to about 5x more world than you get on CBS / NBC / ABC. That being said, Idk why people are so bad at Geography. Look at a map every once in a while.