Daily Show Goes to Iran from sahar sarshar on Vimeo.
The reason I post this has to do with the 5 points of Media Literacy. Specifically, "What values, lifestyles and points of view are represented in, or omitted from, this message?" We always watch The Daily Show's segments from their final cut. We see the stupid Americans, and the seemingly oblivious foreigners. The news networks don't show us Iran unless there is political upheaval, potential construction of nuclear reactors, or calls to arms. It's refreshing to see something like this in a world dominated by negative nancies.
Video credits:
Produced, Written, and Edited by Sahar Sarshar
Interview Filmed by Arash Azizzada
Narrated by Mehrnoush Irani
Aired on Voice of America - Persian News Network
I have to say that that is a very enlightening video. It is just amazing how our media has essentially tried to brainwash us into thinking that they are all bad.
ReplyDeleteWow. I agree with the previous post in that when we as Americans think of Iran we think of a tyrannical society of people living in huts. In essence they are very similar to us, only the similarities of the common Iranian are not newsworthy. I feel as if a combination of the politics in Iran and the news media in America has lead to Iran hating Americans and Americans just looking at Iran as just another corrupt Middle Eastern nation.
ReplyDelete-Chad Klotzbach