Friday, November 11, 2011

The Media and Syria

Next week, my 16 week 2301s begin studying the freedom of the press and the media. In order to frame the discussion, here's a link to a recent Andrew Sullivan post that points out the importance of media technology that allows people to get a clear picture of what is happening inside a country like Syria.

As media technology allows us to take closer looks at what sorts of things are happening around the world, it becomes more difficult to plead ignorance.