Media Coverage How can the media coverage of the attacks on the World Trade Center be distinguished from that of other disasters in the world?

Learn the Terms Digital divide Propaganda Universalization Hybridization The spread of one popular culture around the world. The gap that separates people who do and who do not have access to digital technology. The mixing of identities and cultures in new and different ways. Ideas spread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal.

Media Coverage of World Disasters According to analysis of 200 English-language newspapers worldwide, the tsunami that ravaged coastal regions of the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26, 2004, generated more media coverage in six weeks than the world’s top 10 ‘forgotten’ emergencies combined over the previous year. The media blitz prompted unprecedented generosity. By February 2005, the international community had donated US$ 500 per person affected by the tsunami, compared to just 50 cents for each person affected by Uganda’s 18- year war. Explain the reasons for this disparity.

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Reasons for the disparity in disaster coverage… The tsunami was “simpler, visual and more dramatic than both drought and conflict.” The tsunami was new whereas people dying in Africa is ongoing and induces despair and crisis fatigue – inability to see a solution. Lack of funds to send reporters overseas means less coverage. Many tourists had vacationed in the countries hit by the tsunami and therefore felt connected to the region.

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This week… Section 1: Read Chapter Three (Pg ) Complete Chapter questions (do not submit) Section 2: Complete one of the three assignment choices.