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Sunday, May 21, 2006

In today's world, it's no longer easy to hide anything from anyone (excluding hiding sweets from your younger sister and cases like this). Here, I am refering to information. An incident that happened few hours ago will easily reach the entire world within hours. Different languages, different geographical locations, different audiences, different impacts, BUT, the same content.

News travel fast, esp BAD news. If this was the case since thousands of years ago, imagine the world today. The media has employed the use of a massive amount of technology to gather first hand information, and through various means, allow the audiences to gain access to these information.

Technology the media posses.
Computers, telephones, yadda yadda. These are just basic technology in which the media (and the rest of us) connects with the world. Simply with these instruments, they are able to obtain first hand information at a lightning speed. And these information will in turn be publisized and made easy to obtain for us (newspapers articles, articles on the internet) . This way, we managed to be always aware of the global situation. Global situation in all areas: from the war in Iraq, 911, to the relationship between Stefanie Sun and her ex-boyfriend.

Of course, there are other technology the media makes use of, instruments that are more advance, such as the satellite. Satellites can not only take pictures of landscape, they are the reason why live broadcasts and telecommunication are possible. Live broadcasts give us an accurate and more reliable way of finding out that happenings in a particular area. The vivid images and graphics gives us first hand knowledge. With this instrument and technology available, we can easily keep in touch with the world and associate ourselves more closely with it.

A good example will be the upcoming 2006 worldcup and the Oylmpic games that is going to be held in Beijing. With satellites, we can able to watch these games live. C'mon, admit it, who will care about these games if you can't watch it live? it's not even one tenth as exciting and engaging and interesting if you have to read the newspapers for the latest updates. But luckily for folks like us in the 21st century, that is not a problem, all you need is a television. These sports teams have the ability to unite an entire nation behind it, that's why national identity is always usually strong during those two weeks. Not only the entire nation, but maybe the entire world, through these games, we foster strong ties with other countries. The Olympic Games is also a call for world peace.

There are no secrets today.

With video cameras, cameras, the internet, satellites etc, it is no wonder that it is difficult to keep any secret these days. Today, news travel at the speed of light across boundaries. It's really difficult being a celebrity these days (poor Becks!) , everyone knows everything about you. But hey, only that way, your popularity will increase.

.:. Despite our differences, similar information ties us together, creating a global idenity.

.:. The media is so powerful today due to the technology is posses and uses.

Wanna be on tv? Hey, even William Hung succeeded!

Ziye, the technological 'expert'.

Posted by leaf at 10:40 pm
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