This trailer seeks to pique interest in an upcoming documentary about how engaged your generation is in your democracy.
What are the media implications of your engagement? How do social media tools get you more or less involved as a citizen? How do those media compare to traditional media? What, if any, are the dangers of losing things like local newspapers? What are the benefits of other media that are "borderless"?
Friday, February 27, 2009
How engaged are you?
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It's impossible for the general population to be engaged in an aristocracy.
This is one thing in our society, at least in the college-aged to twenty-something generation, I find interesting.
With more access to information, I find more and more people knowing less about what is going on in the world. I had to personally sit down with my friends and explain the viewpoints of politicians last spring for the primary because they were too lazy to go to CNN.com's Web site that had each candidate's stance on issues.
We are not an aware society. And the frustrating thing is I feel that we are more active in Madison than our generation is in most other places in the country. The danger is that when we don't pay attention to what is going on, we can believe anything on the internet.
I.E., Barack Obama is not a Muslim. There were a striking number of individuals who thought he was a Muslim because of what people said. If individuals actually READ what he he's written in his book ("Audacity of Hope", one of my favorites :))or follow the news, they would know he's not.
We're more concerned about celebrity gossip than what's going on in the world. Some of my friends don't know what's going on in Darfur, which has been mildly covered in the media. What about Congo? What about Zimbabwe?
America has an amazing potential to bring massive change and help to the world. We have the resources and knowledge to actually help other countries. We are not engaged. We're more concerned about hearing celebrities dating than individuals who are dying preventable deaths.
Obviously there are engaged individuals and groups, but as a whole, my generation does not really know what's going on. If we're going to be a part or leader of a globalized society, we need to figure out what's happening in our world.
That's a symptom of a political system where the people have no power.
As stupid as the behaviors you mentioned might be, they're my no means irrational.
Does it make more sense for me to learn about the terror of reality so I can ponder it without having any recourse to change it, or to memorize whatever petty pop culture events there are at the moment so I can keep up with the social cues of my peers?
Moreover, it's not just this generation. The U.S. population as a whole is shockingly ignorant and childish.
I couldn't agree more with the previous posts. I see my roommate watch 7 hours of TV a day, and last wee she asked what a baby boomer was, and where New Orleans is.. that’s pathetic and an embarrassment to our country, its concluded that she has never read a significant news source. Things are becoming way too complicated in our society.
I think in part it has to do with the fact that there is TOO much information out there. The world is getting smaller and communication is getting faster.
I'm sure all of you can tell, just by trying to keep up with the news for 202, it's difficult because by the time you've finally caught up, someone else is reporting something new!
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