Russia Today
The one thing that I think limits this global communications is the language barrier. Unlike radio, where lots of music is universal, it hard to watch a television show or news broadcast if you do not speak the language. Interesting enough through beelinetv.com there are broadcast from other countries dubbed into English. I chose Russia Today, a Russian news channel that had been dubbed into English. When I first linked on the two older men were discussing who made it to space and the poles first, Russia or the United States of America. I think that it is really interesting that we can watch the news in numerous countries. This allows us to not only see the social culture, but also see these countries point of views on different world events. Instead of seeing a form of news from only one view, we can, just like when we read blogs, actually get to see a different point of view. I think with all of the advances in global technology, I think the amount of worldly knowledge people can obtain has greatly expanded.
posted by Erin at 11:36 AM
3 Comments:
That is great that they are dubbing some radio stations on that website where you can here them in English. You are right that unlike music that can be heard universal, tv news stations are hard to understand when you don't know the language. The tv news station that I watched showed pictures of rivers and bodies of water. I assumed that they were talking about pollution, but I really had no idea and could have been way off.
the language barrier is the biggest thing that limits most global communications. we all can understand images and assume what the topic is but other than that it becomes difficult to understand. Plus even when they dub stations it makes you wonder what we are loosing in the translations.
I agree with jackie and erin. the language barrier deterioration will allow millions of people to communicate more efficently.
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