Learn the Terms

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Learn the Terms

• Digital divide
• Propaganda
• Universalization
• Hybridization

• The spread of one popular culture around the
  world.
• The gap that separates people who do and who do
  not have access to digital technology.
• The mixing of identities and cultures in new and
  different ways.
• Ideas spread for the purpose of achieving a
  specific goal.

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Media Coverage

• How can the media coverage of the attacks on the
  World Trade Center be distinguished from that of
  other disasters in the world?

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Media Coverage of World Disasters

• According to analysis of 200 English-language
  newspapers worldwide, the tsunami that ravaged
  coastal regions of the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26,
  2004, generated more media coverage in six weeks
  than the worlds top 10 forgotten emergencies
  combined over the previous year.
• The media blitz prompted unprecedented
  generosity. By February 2005, the international
  community had donated US 500 per person affected
  by the tsunami, compared to just 50 cents for
  each person affected by Ugandas 18-year war.
• Explain the reasons for this disparity.

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http//youtube.com/

• Surviving Darfur Part 1

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Reasons for the disparity in disaster coverage

• The tsunami was simpler, visual and more
  dramatic than both drought and conflict.
• The tsunami was new whereas people dying in
  Africa is ongoing and induces despair and crisis
  fatigue inability to see a solution.
• Lack of funds to send reporters overseas means
  less coverage.
• Many tourists had vacationed in the countries hit
  by the tsunami and therefore felt connected to
  the region.

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Youth Leadership 101

• Living Darfur official movie video
• Go to BigPictureSmallWorld site
• http//www.bigpicturesmallworld.com
• Click on Movies - Leadership 101 Youth link to
  take you directly to the video site

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This week

• Section 1
• Read Chapter Three (Pg. 67-85)
• Complete Chapter questions (do not submit)
• Section 2
• Complete one of the three assignment choices.