How do we find out what's going on in the world?

Globalization enable us to get information about the world. It pave the way to better communication and spread of news. So, how do we find out what is going on in the world? According to Debbie Lisle, we must be curious first and then find ways to sastify our curiousity. Nowadays, our technology gives us a lot of option on how to sastify our curiousity from newspaper to internet. What we do not know is just a single click away. These media let us in and let us know what is going on not only in a limited place but all over the world. Media is giving us the power of knowledge and it is because of that that we are much hooked to it. Media, especially the telivision, is very accessible these days and we are very fortunate for that fact.

Media makes us realizes that abstract ideas can happen or what it looks like, like love or war. It is because of media that we understand the impact of things such as wars, economic recession, or globalization. Debbie Lisle used the word 'express'. Media expresses the things and events that are happening in the world. Most likely, we based our reactions and action on how the media expresses the things in our world. Media can also sway public opinion especially with issues such as human rights. They have the power to show another thing rather than what is really happening. They can affect emotions easily and can also promotes ideologies faster. We interpret those what we see and it might put us to disadvantage rather than help us. Therefore, we must be critical viewers.

We must be critical. One reason is because the media cannot help itself to be biased. It is their nature to be biased. With these we must also know from which side, framework, partiality, or concepts does the media have. It is also safe to take in many medias to see a pattern about a news or just to search a paper or channel that you would much prefer. Another reason to be critical is media can be easily influenced or even tampered with especially by powerful forces like the government. During the Marcos regime all forms of media cannot show or promote anti-government sentiments. In China every channel is regulated by their government and thus all news must be leaning towards them. We must be critical to question if what we see and hear are really the truths.

All in all, media is one of the factors of how we form our opinions towards global politics and globalization. A pro-globalization can show only the big skyscrapers and the money being generated from globalization and an anti-globalization can show only the destruction of the environment and quality of life in a factory, based on what the audience sees that is where he or she will form an opinion towards globalization. Media is that powerful. It already exercised its powers with issues like war when it can easily be used as a medium for propaganda and such. In the end it might be that media is the one consuming us rather than the idea of us consuming media. We must be aware of the medias flaws. We must be always critical.