news is a conversation, the story we tell about ourselves. news influences history and shapes our...
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News is a conversation, the story we tell about ourselves. News influences history and shapes our personal lives. It warns us of danger and celebrates our triumphs. It can bind people together or tear them apart.
We are living through one of the most profound communication revolutions humanity has ever experienced.
“Between the dawn of civilization and 2003, five
exabytes of information were created. In the last two
days, five exabytes of information have been created,
and that rate is accelerating.”
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google
The average American is exposed to somewhere between 650 and 3,000
advertising messages per day.
Google Answers
More than 822 billion text messages were sent and received during the last half of 2009 (that’s almost 5 billion per day).
More than 75 million active Web sites on the Internethttp://news.netcraft.com/archives/2009/01/16/january_2009_web_server_survey.html
The Economist
So, WHYIn an age of so much
information and communication…
Do we seem less informed, less sure and
more conflicted than ever?
Global climate change
NASA Research News: 2009: Second Warmest Year on Record; End of Warmest Decade
George Mason University/Yale University 2010Poll on Climate Change
Gallup Poll, March 11, 2010http://www.gallup.com/poll/126560/americans-global-warming-concerns-continue-drop.aspx
Iraq War
World Public Opinion.org
Confidence in government
Civic knowledge
Constant VigilanceSong of a citizen
Michael X. Delli Carpini
