Com 132For TodayMcChesney RevisitedGlobalismGlobalism ConcernsGlobal EconomyWhat do you think of Globalism?Media and DistributionPowerPoint PresentationSlide 10NewsSlide 12Slide 13Slide 14Previous DiscussionsVoice of AmericaSlide 17Slide 18Al Hura TelevisionSlide 20Slide 21Slide 22New YorkerAl Jazeera America NetworkFinal Project WorkshopCom 132Com 132Lect 9w – 11/25/15Lect 9w – 11/25/15For TodayFor Today•Assignment #2•Globalism•Ideology•Image and Promotion•Celebrity•Final ProjectMcChesney RevisitedMcChesney Revisited•In the best interest of corporations to merge–Is it in the best interest of a culture, a family, an individual?•“Deregulation” is regulation with corporate interests in mind.•Homogeneity of content•Globalism–Good or Bad?GlobalismGlobalism•What are your thoughts?Globalism ConcernsGlobalism Concerns•Protection of the National Identity•Religious and social values•Power and wealth of western media•Print, television, music, video games, movies•Largely driven by capitalist motivations•Exposure to new products of which people are formerly unaware.Global EconomyGlobal Economy•Goods and Services•Outsourcing•Global companies and production–Economies of Scale•Information technology networksWhat do you think of Globalism?What do you think of Globalism?•Hans Roslinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojohttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.htmlMedia and DistributionMedia and Distribution•Difficult to stop the spread of black market materials•Satellite broadcasts•Internet•Global Culture (Western Culture?)•Stereotypes-– of American Culture, of our views of other cultures•The nature of capitalism affects the spread of messages–Corporate Interests, profit, shareholders–Partnerships•What other entities may affect the spread of messages?NewsNews•London Live 24 Hour News–The Independent and The Evening Standard are part of the launch of a new 24-hour local TV channel for the city of London – –This week we are training 40 print journalists from two great newspapers -- The Independent and The London Evening Standard -- to shoot their own stories using an iPhone.–http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rosenblum/watching-the-future-of-te_b_4343184.htmlNewsNews•Afghan Television Show like 24–http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/world/asia/21kabul.html?sq=television%20afghanistan&st=nyt&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1311275856-PUn4BbJS/Eg5gpNB9D7y+w•“Eagle Four” is a popular new police show on Tolo TV here, financed largely by American Embassy “public diplomacy” money in an effort to raise the esteem in which Afghans hold their much-maligned police force.•“Eagle Four” is not only a propaganda exercise, but also a training one, its financers say. “It is a bit of both,” said David Ensor, director of communications for the American Embassy here. “To help build capacity in the nascent Afghan film and TV industry, and if it sets a standard for police work that is something to aspire to, great.”•The biggest problem they had was with women’s roles. Filming night scenes — anything after 5 p.m. — ran into objections from the actresses’ husbands and fathers. One had not told her family she had a part, and after the program was shown they forced her to quit, leaving a subsequent scene half done.Previous DiscussionsPrevious Discussions•Video News Release–PR driven–US administration did one on Medicare•FEMA fake press conference–https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiq-o8fMHn0Voice of AmericaVoice of America•1942 - broadcast in Europe and North Africa•Shortwave radio•1980’s added television and regional service- including Cuba•US Information Agency (through 1999) now: Bureau of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs•Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)–1949–Funded by US Congress "To promote democratic values and institutions by disseminating factual information and ideas.”–1000 hours a week, 28 languages, Europe and Middle East–http://www.rferl.org/–Radio Free Asia•http://www.rfa.org/english/–Radio Free Iraq•http://www.rferl.org/featuresarchive/country/iraq.html–Radio Free Afghanistan•http://www.azadiradio.org/Al Hura TelevisionAl Hura Television•Thoughts?•Al-Jazeera journalists: Greste family appeal to Egypt's Sisi–http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30141184•Journalists Jailed in Egypt–http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/al-jazeera-journalists-jailed-seven-years-egyptNew YorkerNew Yorker•http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/egypts-marriott-terror-cell-travesty•The Emirate of Qatar, which gave substantial financial support to the Morsi government, also funds Al Jazeera; now that Egypt had declared the Muslim Brotherhood a “terrorist organization,” it felt free to treat Al Jazeera not just as a sometimes sympathetic network but as the psyops arm of a network of criminalsAl Jazeera America NetworkAl Jazeera America Network•Formerly Current TV–Al Jazeera tried and failed for years to get cable operators to carry Al Jazeera English — a button-down challenger to BBC and CNN International — in the United States. Acquiring Current TV gave it a new way into the country and many expected Al Jazeera America to be a glorified simulcast of its existing English-language channel, one that would give Americans more access to a world news perspective.–http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/business/media/american-al-jazeera-channel-shifs-focus-to-us-news.html?_r=0Final Project WorkshopFinal Project Workshop•How can I