2013年6月18日 星期二

News Project: The Conflict between Taiwan and Philippines --The Disputation across the Sea

Our opinions about  the conflict between Taiwan and Philippines



In Taiwan, June 18, 2013



    After the Philippine people shot the Taiwanese fishermen, it brought about many problems, which are originally hidden below the sea. The conflict touched many aspects, such as the safety problem of the fishermen, and the diplomatic policies.

   
    This event also caused many discussions on the web. Some people were influenced by the mass media, which could arouse the public’s emotion. They had fierce opinions, and even stroke others by using terrible words.

    After analyzing the comments on the web, we can know most of people talked about the human right, especially about fishermen, diplomatic issues, and the process of the investigation. The different attitudes of Taiwanese and Philippines are also noticed by people.

    Taiwanese hope Philippines to face this event squarely, and not to escape the responsibility. However, Philippines’ slow and indirect reaction had caused the anger of many Taiwanese. Philippine officials thought they may be innocent. The neutrals said, “It is not worthy to break the relationship between Taiwan and Philippines, because of this event.” Now, diplomatic relationship between Taiwan and Philippines becomes nervous.

    This event could affect our lives a lot, from countries’ policies to daily supplies. We should learn from the experience, and learn how to really understand the deeper aspects of events. Don’t let your emotion be easily affected by the public!

2013年6月9日 星期日

News Project: Individual Report 2


Figure 1: We and our poster

Figure 2: The process of making the poster

After the discussion on the class this week, we came up with the title of the news: The conflict between Taiwan and Philippines-- Why are Taiwanese so angry? And we chose one video on YouTube: 2 Minutes, One Fact—What Philippine Government did and Said to Taiwan, which was podcasted on May 16, 2013. We will post our messages on the forum to join the discussion and analyze the previous comments. We want to see the different aspects of the problems in Taiwan, such as the safety of the fisherman, and the diplomatic policies.
 
    We want to know:
1. Why do so many people comment on this news?
2. What are the main categories of those comments?
3. What do Taiwanese dispute about?
4. What are the effects of this news?
5. What can we learn through this news?

    After the poster merry-go-round, some classmates talked to us why the title is Why
are Taiwanese so angry. Does it not a normal reaction? Our thought is the similar event had happened with America, but the Taiwanese reactions were not the same as this one. Therefore, we want to explore the real reason of Taiwanese anger. There are too many things influencing the public, such as the mass media, which easily makes people go out of control. The reasons of anger can be different for each individual. Everyone’s angle about this event is not the same. We will improve the problems the classmates proposed on the class and arrange these things in order to see the deeper aspect of this event.


2013年6月4日 星期二

News Project: Individual Report 1

     We want to talk about the news of Philippine people shooting Taiwan fishermen. Most people have seldom noticed the important news, such as global news. The news on TV and newspapers in Taiwan hardly help us broaden and cultivate our global view. The terrible society news and helpless entertainment one are full of the Taiwanese newspapers. When we face the trouble about the international position, it is a big problem that we will be treated with unfairness. There are many emotional comments from the public after this murder event, but we cannot neglect the important things that are the follow-up solutions and effects.

    We will analyze the attitude and reactions of the people in different countries on websites. A video we will shoot contains the different viewpoints for this event. All of us may be on behalf of four countries, such as Taiwan, Philippines, America, and China. We can see the interesting relationship among them.

    I think that we can add the discussion about the Philippine labors. After this event, they are also the victims. They do not do the wrong things, but some of them are bullied in Taiwan. If we are angry at this murder event and Philippine official attitude, we couldn’t do the same thing like harming innocent people. It is an important issue worthy of reflecting.