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Global Age

The Global Age concentrates on how to operate on a worldwide scale. There are many arguments that have been brought up within this subject area and I will like to discuss my findings within the works of Long and Wall (2012) and De Jong, Shaw and Stammers (2005).
One of the main themes that ran alongside Long and Walls work was how easy it was for a simple mishap to happen in one country and it to be rippled and have affect around the world. Many cases have been brought up to stand forth of censoring material that can be filtered worldwide. An example of this would be the Tiananmen Square incident, I learnt about this when I was in school, and while I was there it was dawned upon us that China didn’t want the rest of the world to know what went on during the tragedy. The becoming of this had many people that had filmed it, having it taken off them and it was known to be a quietened situation.
The Tiananmen Square incident is just one example of the reason as to why extreme measures have been put into place to try and stop the exchange of media online. Similarly De Jong W, Shaw W and Stammers, looked at the way the social movements tried to manipulate the ethical issues and principalities of society. They also mentioned how the two way manifestation of media has a vital role because it allows other activists to look into the lives of others.
I for one believe in what countries such as China, Egypt and Iraq are doing, I wouldn’t like people let alone the world to know what was going on my life, so why should they? However it can also be argued that it should be broadcasted around the world. There are many countries and people around the world that struggle with so many problems and they need help, and the only way they can get help is through the help of the media. Honestly I believe that I need to develop my areas of knowledge within this topic because I believe that there is more explore and understand.

References
Long P and Wall T (2012). Media Production in a Global Age. In Media Studies: Text, Production, Context 2nd ed. Oxon: Routledge pp 234-270
De Jong W, Shaw W and Stammers, N (eds) (2005) Global activism, global Media. London; Pluto Press

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