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.