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By: An attention deficit: Ethan Zuckerman on the supply and demand of foreign news » Nieman Journalism Lab

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:02:23 +0000

[...] matter here at the Lab. Here's Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices and friend of the Lab, writing about the demand side of foreign news. [...]

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Wed, 12 May 2010 16:04:40 +0000

[...] no matter how subjectively they are presented, they will remain the views of a certain group. As Ethan Zuckerman points out, NGOs could either be manipulating facts in line with their ideological standpoint or interpret the [...]

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Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:52:18 +0000

[...] Internet freedom policies, if I may borrow the expression from my friend Ethan Zuckerman in his excellent and eye-opening article. We need to understand, demystify and navigate very carefully this field that starts to be hijacked [...]

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Links « The Everyday Idealist — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:11:47 +0000

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By: Jonathan Eyler-Werve

Jonathan Eyler-Werve — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:15:29 +0000

By: Jonathan Stray

Jonathan Stray — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:13:50 +0000

“News literacy” is critical thinking applied to a knowledge of the media system. You do need that background knowledge.

By: Ethan Zuckerman

Ethan Zuckerman — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:03:41 +0000

Jonathan, the egregious use of “hermeneutic” betrays the origins of this piece as an academic book chapter that only later became a lengthy blog post. The question of who’s on the ground, how they make their voice heard and whether we choose to trust it is going to be one of the most critical in international media over the next few years. Yes, I think groups like GV will help, but we’re faced with tough questions as well when we’re asked to act as an authenticator.

Riven, what I mean by new media literacy is similar to critical thinking, though I hope it’s a subset of critical thinking skills. Basically, my case – and it’s not really my case, it’s a case being made by thinkers like Dan Gillmor – is that readers need to understand that every author has an agenda, to look for multiple points of views to balance those agendas, and to question virtually all information they encounter. The main point of this essay is that – unfortunately – that’s extremely difficult to do at present with international news.

By: Riven Homewood

Riven Homewood — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:42:00 +0000

Excellent article. We are flooded with information today – what seems to be lacking is training in critical thinking. BTW – how is “news literacy” different from “critical thinking” ?

By: INGOs as Media: a warning « Sam Barratt's Blog

INGOs as Media: a warning « Sam Barratt's Blog — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:32:34 +0000

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By: Jonathan Eyler-Werve

Jonathan Eyler-Werve — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:11:55 +0000

It’s hard to prove a negative, right?

I think having on-the-ground people in a case like this crucial, and that is not going to be the New York Times, it’s going to be a blogger from the next town over who’d be willing to go and talk to some folks. So I think groups like Global Voices are going to be really, really important in knocking down this sort of narrative-first, facts-maybe reporting. Bottom line: beware circular referencing and if it’s not local, it might be junk.

Also, cheers to using “hermeneutic” in a story.

Jonathan at Global Integrity