Cultural Exchange

• Is your article about interaction between different cultures? Is that a part of what is happening in your news story?
• How does the interaction you see in your news story compare to the interaction we studied in this unit?
• What systems are in place to facilitate this cultural interaction (think about technology, transportation, international organization, etc.)?
• Does geography have anything to do with it?
  

Perspective

• Would your news story be dramatically different if told by someone from another country or culture?
• Does the author's cultural or geographic distance limit or affect the way the story is told?
• Can you see a dramatic difference between the author's point of view and your own?
• Does the perspective of your author remind you of anything from the unit?
• Is your author aware of different perspectives, or do they seem to speak primarily from their own?
  

Ethnocentrism

• Do your news stories reflect the publisher or author's focus on his / her own culture?
• Does the story involve international events that are told from the perspective of one group?
• Are other sides of the story underrepresented?
• Do you see any issues that contribute to the ethnocentrism of your article or the people written about?
• If the article is published on the internet, how do you think that affects the role of ethnocentrism in the story?