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I'm curious about the effect that media has played in the emotional investment people have with catastrophe.
Please play along with me.
Tell me:
1. On a scale of 1 to 5 how would you compare Hurricane Katrina's degree of devestation to the Indian Ocean Tsunami, 1 being not at all similar and 5 being very similar.
2. What is your primary source for news and information? Television, Internet (which sites/feeds), radio, or print media?
September 1 2005, 16:41:06 UTC 6 years ago
2. Radio (CBC)
Internet (Drudge Report)
September 1 2005, 17:43:44 UTC 6 years ago
Most of my news comes from the BBC and The Guardian,sorry but I still trust the British media over others.
September 1 2005, 19:28:30 UTC 6 years ago
Regarding emotional investment, how can any human not have compassion for those who've lost everything, no matter WHERE they're from? I do think ALL media sources tend to put their own bias to every story- this one is no different in that respect.
September 2 2005, 05:28:59 UTC 6 years ago
2. CBC News feeds, CanWest newspapers/online news, Globe & Mail
As my roommate pointed out today, it's terrible, and awful, but it couldn't have happened in a better place. The richest country in the world - they have more resources to deal with it than probably anywhere else. Though I am curious to see how it pans out. Unfortunately, I predict that helping low-income, non-white people will not be as much of a priority as if they were higher-income, and white. We'll see.