Where can we get the information? We can actually observe the events directly, or receive a message from somebody. The channel that sends the message from encoder to decoder is extremely important, when we want to know the news.
Nowadays, we can know the scandals through not only chatting with people, but other networks, such as internet and TV. The following methods are convenient tools for us to receive the messages.
WikiLeak
WikiLeaks, a non-profit organization which posts the classified files, it is a good sign for freedom speech. It is created by Julian Assange and owned by The Sunshine Press in 2006. It’s interesting that it doesn’t have commercial, since it is non profit organization and everybody love to know some scandals. We can access it through internet for free, when we want to find some scandal of companies, and governments. It releases a lot of unethical events that US government have done.
When reading this post I realised that the distinction between fact and gossip started to blur for me, and the culprit is probably social nedia and networking sites.
返信削除The reason for this is that compared to before what was shown as news on TV or newspapers was regarded as "the truth" and not open to debate, but with current services like Wikipedia, I think we have a much more fluid idea of what we consider truth and what we consider merely gossip. I don't think this necessarily equates something negative however, because on the other hand you could have biased newspapers that print false information that people read and regard as the truth.
When you look at it that way I see the spread of gossip as developing the habit of interactivity and fluidity of information that we're used to receiving, which in the end becomes a good thing if we interact with the information in an interactive rather than passive way (i.e. fact-checking etc.).