Better Late Than Never – a Story of Grandpa and the Telly

The telly came to Vietnam a little later than most parts of the world – but my 70-year-old Grandpa made the best out of it.

That was what Grandpa emphasised more than twice during our Viber call last night – we couldn’t video-call because the Internet connection was just appalling – when I asked him to tell me about his TV memories. Continue reading “Better Late Than Never – a Story of Grandpa and the Telly”

The Riddled Coverage

Is the Globalisation of News Truly Global?

Is the Globalisation of News Truly Global?

Every twenty-four hours, 230 stories and videos are produced by the New York Times, 240 are published by the Wall Street Journal, and a stunning number of 500 are circulated by the Washington Post (Meyer 2016).

Incredible, isn’t it?

Now spend five minutes watching this viral TED Talk, How the news distorts our worldview, then take a closer look at this extracted frame from it.

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