When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet

Re:When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet by hohohmm on Thursday June 20, 2019 @11:43AM (#20234029)

There are many ways to criticize the draconian Chinese censorship, but implying western media as the benefit of uncensored internet and objective and healthy source of information is just laughable.

Particularly funny is this piece: "Chen and Yang found that students who were consistently exposed to uncensored foreign media outlets became more informed of events that are usually unreported in Chinese media, such as President Donald Trump’s businesses in China and surveillance in Xinjiang."

You might as well say that encouraged exposure to Chinese media outlets help people become more informed of events that are usually unreported in Western media...

Next time when you do something like this, use the the abundance of extremely well-done and educational videos on Youtube that beat the crap out of your regular western media in both objectivity and healthiness, and might just save the monetary rewards entirely.

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Re:When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet by lawlessone on Thursday June 20, 2019 @12:08PM (#20234260)

>use the the abundance of extremely well-done and educational videos on Youtube that beat the crap out of your regular western media in both objectivity and healthiness

Any recommendations?

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Re:When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet by throwaway_9cc8 on Thursday June 20, 2019 @12:36PM (#20234564)

EdX and MIT OCW are both based on YouTube - I think they have mirrors or at least unofficial uploads in China but it would be better to just use YouTube. Aside from that, there are a vast amount of video lectures uploaded by university professors that are probably not accessible from mainland China.

I spent the majority of my undergrad YouTube time on MVs, so there's that.

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Re:When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet by comicjk on Thursday June 20, 2019 @12:40PM (#20234617)

The YouTube recommendation algorithm will rapidly bubble you into a parody of your original beliefs. Of course this feels true and reliable and complete, but it's a false sense. It's a good way to learn what you want to learn, but a terrible way to learn what you don't want to learn. A general media source, for all its errors, has the huge advantage of giving you information you didn't ask for.

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Re:When Chinese students were given the uncensored internet by hohohmm on Thursday June 20, 2019 @12:43PM (#20234645)

True. I'm merely commenting on the total value of Youtube vs generic western media. Btw there are browser plugins that block the whole recommendation thing.

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