Alisa Miller - Why we know less about the world?

Not that I am trying to criticize, but yes, American culture is lacking the sense of internationalism. It is kind of oxymoron to me that most of the commercial globalisation is rooted from American investment - from starbucks to nike. Yet, in day to day life, it is really hard to live in America and exposed to what's going on in rest of the world than something like Britney dropped her baby to Brangelina had a pillow fight. or whatever.

This TED talk reveals the truth behind that - in the end it all comes down to the profit and money making behind the media. Talking about local celebrity gossip is cheaper than talking about what happened in Africa. Most of the giant media company cut down the budget for the foreign news department - means that they don't have direct news source. Now, most of them just rely on the sources like reuters.

But what do we get? By now, it is really obvious that the everyday life of average joe is highly affected by over exposed media. It controls the general opinion and behavior of people by telling what is right and what is cool. Not to mention Ballard's subliminal man, we are consciously or unconsciously controlled by media.

And what's behind is again, money. By veiling themselves under the role of delivering information, the fact that content of information is limited and profit oriented is unknown. The solution? Don't believe what is shown. There is always something more and something behind. especially giants.