Seminar groups, Tuesday January 31th …

Seminar groups, Tuesday January 31th

The topic is "News in a Globalized Society".

Questions for discussion

1) Go to the BBC news and look at the discussion forum 'Have your say'. How is the discussion forum organized and to what extent can it be said to consitute a kind of transnational or global public sphere for public deliberation?

2) Go to Al Jazeeras English website and look at teir section om global news. To what extent is their global news different from other international news providers (For instance BBC or CNN - if at all?