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September 06, 2014, 11:07
Geoff
Global South
An article in The Baltimore Sun discussed the news orientation of Al Jazeera as being "global South." I had not heard that term, but it's in reference to the two hemispheres, with the older news media being focused on the Northern hemisphere. How does this concept tie in with the "third world" or "developing world" terms? Here's the article:
http://articles.baltimoresun.c...ish-philip-seib-bias
September 07, 2014, 21:33
Kalleh
Very interesting, Geoff, that they consider U.S. lociations, such as the Baltimore inner city, just as much a part of the Global South as Asian or African nations that suffered under colonial rules.