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jakeXT

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4. In the past it was easy for everyone to have the same pop culture experience,

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 4, 2014, 06:41 AM

Apr 2014

with just a handful of channels. Now everyone is their own program director, you can watch shows from around the world or even go back into the past. I think there is so much out there, that people have way less intersecting experiences than in the past.

It's fun to look at different countries in the google news section and what they focus on, the US even has a Spanish version there
http://news.google.com/?edchanged=1&ned=es_us&authuser=0

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Study: Do you always agree with the topics newspaper editors choose to cover? [View all] jakeXT Apr 2014 OP

No, but I have lived in different parts of the world and as a consequence I am interested in MADem Apr 2014 #1

In the past it was easy for everyone to have the same pop culture experience, jakeXT Apr 2014 #4

Yes, precisely! It's a small world, after all...but it's got a TON of media outlets and channels to MADem Apr 2014 #5

Seems rather absurd Sherman A1 Apr 2014 #2

This is explained well by Herman and Chomskis Propaganda Model. Ed Suspicious Apr 2014 #3