Only in major events

To me I feel that the most important global media events have been tragedies that have occurred, such as Haiti, Hurricane Katrina, and the War in Iraq, or even 9-11. I feel that these have been the most important global events because it is affecting people world wide, especially the most recent event with the earth quake in Haiti. I think that all events recently have been covered with a media event. It is easy for us to access this information via the internet, and even with the coverage on television. I know that when certain events happen, they are covered on the internet and television for days. I think that a "media event" changes in Cyberspace because it is more available for others to see. So many people around the world are able to access the information, meaning that people all around the world must cover these events to help introduce this information. Because this information is so easy for people to access, it is the expectation that the information should be up to date and current. People become more picky about who they use as their information source, and as a result these media sources are in competition with one another on the information that they gather, and who has access to this information first.

I feel that sometimes we do not show, or cover enough of what is happening overseas in our media coverage unless something tragic or major happens. Only by bigger media coverage channels, like CNN, do these events get reported. I know that the New York Times covers a lot of information world wide. I think that being aware of what is happening globally would benefit people all over. If it is the expectation that we will work together through "globalization", yet we aren't necessarily aware of what is going on globally.