Comments on: The News Doesn’t Matter if No One Cares http://jonathanstray.com/the-news-doesnt-matter-if-no-one-cares Information, Culture, and Belief Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:56:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: T. Flores http://jonathanstray.com/the-news-doesnt-matter-if-no-one-cares/comment-page-1#comment-647 T. Flores Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:44:31 +0000 http://jonathanstray.com/?p=1154#comment-647 You have essentially described what teachers are responsible for: providing a format in which information is attractive in order to inspire curiosity so students make connections and seek knowledge outside of the classroom. Most teachers will talk about years in the classroom as 'good' classes and 'difficult' classes, referring to the behavior of the student group as a whole. One way to look at this in relationship to journalism could be behavior of target markets for certain news items and resistance/acceptance of the news currently. What could change to make that particular group behave more like a 'good' class in their consumption of news items? Another way to look at this could be that the lack of curiosity starts with education and a possible deficit of inspirational teachers. Can journalism inspire curiosity like a one-on-one session with an admired teacher can? Questionable. There is an inherent trust issue here. I could go on, but you get the gist, I'm sure. Here's an interesting item about teachers who are actually good at teaching...a shame it is so rare. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574524402818418042.html#mod=todays_us_weekend_journal You have essentially described what teachers are responsible for: providing a format in which information is attractive in order to inspire curiosity so students make connections and seek knowledge outside of the classroom.

Most teachers will talk about years in the classroom as ‘good’ classes and ‘difficult’ classes, referring to the behavior of the student group as a whole. One way to look at this in relationship to journalism could be behavior of target markets for certain news items and resistance/acceptance of the news currently. What could change to make that particular group behave more like a ‘good’ class in their consumption of news items?

Another way to look at this could be that the lack of curiosity starts with education and a possible deficit of inspirational teachers. Can journalism inspire curiosity like a one-on-one session with an admired teacher can? Questionable. There is an inherent trust issue here.

I could go on, but you get the gist, I’m sure. Here’s an interesting item about teachers who are actually good at teaching…a shame it is so rare.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574524402818418042.html#mod=todays_us_weekend_journal

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