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http://www.vice.com/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-n...
The most informative video I've ever seen about NK is this lecture: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292562-1
It's really worth watching it if you're interested in why and how NK came to be the way it is.
pbs.org videos are US only. Any links for the rest of the world?
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:58d690227d4c88ba52673db6c5b08201150266c2&dn=frontline-northkorea.mp4&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80%2FannounceSo far the most interesting point they have made is that these guys are smuggling in foreign media/tv and people are consuming it. The pitch is that the latest box office hits (sky fall 007 was mentioned) are the best way to influence N Korean culture. I guess I was surprised by this, but it does make more sense than trying to give them hard truth, which they would more likely reject due to their own cognitive disson…
> This makes me wonder how our own media is manipulated to influence political movements? Something I've found very interesting is watching foreign news media and what they report on and some of the externals that surround that reporting...then reversing those observations to my own country's media. It's remarkable how taking that outsider's viewpoint and turning it towards your own native media can help you to under…
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/09/30/potential_g...
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Darn, now I really want to watch it lol! However, it's blocked in Canada :( It's kind of silly considering we actually contribute to PBS (according to PBS Seattle, we make up a 3rd of their contributions).
The stream is pretty saturated right now. TBH, if you've watched 2 or 3 other North Korean documentaries, this is kind of more of the same, except maybe a full third of it was filmed by North Koreans in North Korea using smuggled cameras. The information is more up-to-date also, but it the basic gist isn't really anything too new.
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> This makes me wonder how our own media is manipulated to influence political movements? Something I've found very interesting is watching foreign news media and what they report on and some of the externals that surround that reporting...then reversing those observations to my own country's media. It's remarkable how taking that outsider's viewpoint and turning it towards your own native media can help you to under…
I'm also reminded of this Slate article where they reported on the US as if they were reporting on a foreign country as an exercise in language: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2013/09/30/potential_g...
Why shucks, that's the nicest thing anyone has said about my state in recent memory!
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Darn, now I really want to watch it lol! However, it's blocked in Canada :( It's kind of silly considering we actually contribute to PBS (according to PBS Seattle, we make up a 3rd of their contributions).
Try using Hola Unblocker, a handy Chrome/Firefox extension that allows you to get around regional blocks
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The varying availability of this program has to do with licensing agreements for broadcasting it in various places.
It's a good thing we are on the good side of the fence then. Ah, Freedom.
I wish both PBS and the bbc would jump into the 21st century and give those outside of each respective country an option to purchase a subscription. There's little else I really care to watch on TV than what those two produce.
So far the most interesting point they have made is that these guys are smuggling in foreign media/tv and people are consuming it. The pitch is that the latest box office hits (sky fall 007 was mentioned) are the best way to influence N Korean culture. I guess I was surprised by this, but it does make more sense than trying to give them hard truth, which they would more likely reject due to their own cognitive disson…
> This makes me wonder how our own media is manipulated to influence political movements? Something I've found very interesting is watching foreign news media and what they report on and some of the externals that surround that reporting...then reversing those observations to my own country's media. It's remarkable how taking that outsider's viewpoint and turning it towards your own native media can help you to under…
This sort of thing happened recently in the US with CNN placing Miley Cyrus over news from Syria, Egypt, the Snowden leaks, and probably something else even more important that I'm forgetting.
The Onion wrote a parody justification of the placement (NSFW language): http://www.theonion.com/articles/let-me-explain-why-miley-cy...
pbs.org videos are US only. Any links for the rest of the world?
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:58d690227d4c88ba52673db6c5b08201150266c2&dn=frontline-northkorea.mp4&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80%2Fannounce