One of my biggest complaints about media (TV, radio, cinema, etc.) is that it's "un-real." Even true stories are "un-real" because they lack the background information to truly understand the story. They're just isolated images on a screen or words out of a box.
Hear's an example of the "un-realness" of media and what it reports:
WASHINGTON – After a 20th century that was perhaps mankind's most violent, all indicators point to a 21st century that will be as bad or worse. Civil wars and new ideological conflicts will multiply. The effectiveness of international forces for peace will wane. And the security of mankind will be the victim caught in the middle. Right?
Wrong, says a report based on a three-year study by a group of international researchers. Contrary to widespread public perception, they find that the world is witnessing fewer wars - and those wars that do occur are killing fewer people.
The study, released Monday at the UN, also concludes that global conflict-prevention and postconflict peacebuilding efforts are becoming more numerous and more effective.
How could this possibly be? It can be because the images we see day after day lack context.
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