Asia is experiencing a media boom, from an explosion of somewhat more independent newspapers and broadcast outlets to the emergence of completely different forms of information sharing - the “new media.”
But with that boom comes creeping homogenization of content, the “dumbing down” of programming and an emphasis on entertainment over public affairs.
That was one message [...]
Changing Asia media world poses challenges, opportunities at the same timne
February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Media asleep at the wheel on huge international story
January 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
The news media, both in the United States and around the world, are “asleep at the switch” when it comes to stories involving some of the biggest threats to human existence ever known, according to
a leading American specialist on infectious diseases.
Dr. Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at [...]
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