New Media Isn't Just A Medium (Mcluhanism)

The 'Prophet' of The Media, Marshall McLuhan

We are living in a global village - a term coined by 'the prophet of the media', Herbert Marshall McLuhan 30 years before the world knew what is Internet and what can it does to human civilization. And Mcluhan himself who would have been more than 100 year old if he had live today - didn't have the chance to experience it.   

Global village doesn't only mean that this flat world is where people can share some common values and information. As Mcluhan argued that of major effect of the global village is that it would cause people not minding their own business in the global village. Mcluhan was right when he predicted that a new medium (Internet) is going to become the extension of awareness.

Even so, many people are oblivious on how the media can build, shape, develop and control their perception, idea, and thinking whilst at the same time, subconsciously making media a reliant tool for them in everything that they do.

Back in the 90's, Tun Mahathir who was the Prime Minister at that time had lamented on how the Malays were being misled with ridiculous ghost stories because of the Malay media love to project such thing. And when the Internet had existed, he then worried about the harm that globalization could caused.

Schadenfreude Is Worsening in Malaysia

Are Malaysian getting used seeking fun from others misfortune?

See the image above, look at the number of views and also the video suggestions and what do you find. 

When you see people in misfortune how would you feel? If instead of feeling sorry for them, you feel delighted or it pleasures you in someways, well that is - schadenfreude.

In some cases of funny videos, the novelty of the situation is obviously the key on what makes is so funny, but the reality is most of it are just people getting badly hurt.

The word originates from a German word and the way to pronounce it correctly is - scha·den·freu·de. 

As a citizen of Malaysia,  the norm of our people is that we do not applause when others were in the state of misery. Remember when our parents gave us stern, shaming looks if we laughed when others were having trouble? Well guess what, the lesson is not learnt entirely because Schadenfreude is actually a natural feeling for everybody, even our parents felt it. 

Khabar Malaysia hari ini (6 April 2014)

1. Info berkaitan MH370   

Misteri kehilangan MH370 memasuki minggu ke-empat

• Genap 30 hari sejak pesawat MH370 dilaporkan hilang.

• Australia hari ini memaklumkan ia belum dapat mengesahkan isyarat detik yang dikesan di selatan Lautan Hindi oleh kapal peronda China Haixun 01.    

• Beberapa siri bunyi telah dikesan oleh kapal China berkenaan di kawasan pencarian namun isyarat detik di selatan Lautan Hindi itu masih belum dapat disahkan Australia.

• Spekulasi Utusan Malaysia: 
• Akhbar harian milik kerajaan, Utusan Malaysia melalui Penolong Pengarangnya, Ku Seman Ku Hussein mendakwa bukanlah sesuatu yang mustahil bagi organisasi perisikan C.I.A terlibat dalam misteri kehilangan pesawat MH370 selepas organisasi itu berjaya merancang serangan ke atas Pusat Dagangan Dunia (WTC) di New York pada 11 September 2001.#

2. Pemilik akaun persenda isteri PM, Rosmah Mansur, ditahan polis

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MALAYSIA MAC 2014

1.  Pesawat MH370 hilang sejak 8 Mac dan dipercayai mengakhiri perjalanannya di lautan Hindi barat.

Gambar hiasan

• 239 orang berada dalam pesawat MH370 dari Kuala Lumpur menuju Beijing 
• 227 penumpang dari pelbagai negara
• 12 anak kapal MAS
•  50 orang rakyat Malaysia berada di dalam pesawat MH370.
• 26 negara membantu dalam misi pencarian MH370 terutama kotak hitam  pesawat
• Kesemua penumpang serta anak kapal dipercayai telah terkorban
• Misi pencarian memasuki minggu ketiga
• Misteri kehilangan MH370 masih tiada jawapan

2.     Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim didapati bersalah dan bakal dipenjara lima tahun

Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim

• Dato Seri Anwar Ibrahim didapati bersalah oleh Mahkamah Rayuan atas tuduhan meliwat bekas pembantu peribadinya, Mohd. Saiful Bukhari Azlan pada 2008
• Bakal berdepan hukuman penjara lima tahun
• Terlucut kelayakan bertanding di Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) DUN Kajang
•  Isteri beliau, Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail menggantikan beliau sebagai calon di PRK Kajang
• Akan bertanding merebut jawatan Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) mencabar isterinya, Dato Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail pada pemilihan parti Keadilan akan datang