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phaedrus » Blog Archive » Cultural Disconnections — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:34:11 +0000

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By: Corey Terry

Corey Terry — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:54:24 +0000

Alec, this was a terrific video, it really indicates the scope of international news-less-ness in the US (is that a word?). I am going to forward this on to our teachers, especially our social studies teacher.

By: Heather Ross

Heather Ross — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:36:10 +0000

Alec,

My parents have long said that I am the way that I am because when I was a child my father read to me from Newsweek.

By: Rosanne

Rosanne — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:32:03 +0000

I found the video to be very interesting. I enjoy watching/listening to the news but didn’t realize how narrow our views are.

By: Rob Wall

Rob Wall — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:28:33 +0000

I’m going to my bookshelf to get “Amusing Ourselves to Death” by Neil Postman and re-read for at least the 20th time. The video takes some information that we may have already know but visualizes it with startling effect.