Better news is Less news

by Natalia Chernetsova, City College of
San Francisco ESL Student

My partner was:
Jinyan Li
from China

He has been in
San Francisco
one year

On the question does he follow the news he answered: No. The arguments were he thinks there is a lot of negative untrue information which you can’t filter and as a result you don’t know what do you want to watch and will it be useful for you; also most news lasts too long that you can get bored. Rarely the news on TV from his hometown can grab his attention, and he thinks these are not fully represented on his opinion.

He strongly believes that your relatives, close friends, and people who surround you are more important than if you get a bunch of information about some people you even don’t know. So more often you can see Jinyan on Facebook and other related sites and not paying major attention to the news.

Interview with Redwan

I had a great interview with my partner, Redwan. He comes from Saudi Arabia. He comes United States for English study firstly then he will apply to university for It major later. He is living in San Jose. He follows the news daily via internet. His credible source are Aljazeera chanel that is Arabic channel. It reports all events and news all over the world by Arabic and English. Politic is his representative. Internet is his life now, he uses facebook almost his leisure time. He rarely listens to radio also watch television. He is interested in music and politic.

Interviewed by Vanessa

Her name is Vanessa

Vanessa is from Vietnam and lives in San Jose She is a student at SAL S follows the news and is interested in reading the news from the internet than from the newspapers She is really interested in education and economics Vanessa studies the US Today for local news and BBC online for international news Of the three perspective only her cultural perspective is being represented.

Reported by Shoujun

Mako

I want to introduce my friend Mako. She is from Miyazaki, Japan and lives in Milpltas, CA, USA. She is a student that wants to study business in the future. She follows the news and usually reads a news at the Internet by Japaness. She is interested in entertainment and plitics. And she believes newspaper, TV news, and internet news. She thinks her perspectives is represented through news.

Reported by Hailey

My Chinese friend

I have a good friend whom comes from Beijing of China. Bill is living at San Jose, CA, USA. He has a plan to pursue Master Degree at SJSU after he completes English Program. He wants to be an engineer in the future. Internet is a tool which helps him to get the news everyday. He gets news from China daily website, and it's a famous website at China. Sometimes, he receives news from his family through the email. His favorites topics are Business & Sports. He believes his father and government. In addition, China daily news is the source which he believes. And lifestyle was being his represented.

Reported by Thang

The information of my partner-Thang

        Thang is my good friend,he is from Vietnam,and he lives near by SJSU campus now.Also Thang is a kind person,he always helps other people when they are in trouble.We like him very much.Meanwhile,Thang likes to read economic news,sports news and social news on Internet,such as UN Express,BBC,etc.Moreover,he prefers to read news published by his government,and he thinks he is able to know what happened in his country.Especially,now he is in the United States,he is far from his hometown and no one can help him here.So he believes his family and his friends in his country very much because they always give him some important advice,that is quite useful for him.

Reported by Bill

Mohammed comes from Saudi Arabia. He's a student. Now, he studies at San Jose state University. He particularly likes Politics and Sport, that's why he usually follows news from internet everyday, after his class. He gets information from Arabia daily website such as: Aljazera . That is a local website, it uses the offical language of Saudi Arabia- Arabic. It's famous and popular in his country. In his opinion, he just believes in everything he saw and sometimes, it depends on the accuracy of News or information source. He's interested in politics and Political was being his represented.

Reported by Clyn(dy) Thai.