Carly Angel

IR-3 11AP #17

10/23/2018
October Site Visit

For this months site visit my mom and I went to the Newseum in Washington DC. Before

I went I printed out the guide for all of the exhibits, so that I would be able to use my time

effectively and spend time in the exhibits that are most related to my topic. I knew that I wanted

to go to the News Corporation and News History exhibit, The Time Warner World News exhibit,

and The Bloomberg Internet, Tv, and Radio Gallery exhibit. In the News History exhibit there

were newspaper articles from the beginning of American news. I was able to see how headlines

and the type of information that was shared throughout all of the big events in American history.

This was very cool because news has changed a lot over the last 200 years. The world news

exhibit was very enlightening and also shocking. This exhibit was a giant map and countries

were divided up into 3 colors; red, yellow, and green. Countries that were made out of green

planks have freedom of speech, countries that were made out of yellow planks have limited

freedom of speech, and countries made of red planks have no freedom of speech. The amount of

countries that were made of yellow and red planks seemed insanely high to me. The only areas

that were green planks were North American and western Europe. I did not realize until then just

how limited free speech was around the world, so I feel very lucky live in a place like the US. As

this relates to my research it means that the North America and western Europe are probably the

main contributors to fast fashion since they have the most access to locate and share information.

The internet, tv, and radio gallery was interesting because I was able to see how the invention of

the internet affected how news was spread. There was a whole plack dedicated to how the
explosion of social media has affected the flow of information. I enjoyed my time at the

Newseum and I think it was very beneficial.