PREFACE
Improving communication is a challenge online and in the natural
world.
Technically, communication is easier than ever. That said,
there are numerous obstacles, including figuring out what we
are saying in different languages and from different perspectives.
Improving Communication and Bridging the Digital Divide is
an original feature on Planeta.com. We review three major subjects:
bridging the digital divide, changing the world and seeking
answers.
Tourism and conservation can be improved through collaboration
and improving 100 things by 1% rather than one thing by 100%.
Advancing along the learning curve we have the opportunity to
share what we know.
The Web alllows everyone the chance to be a reporter, a photographer
or an editor. Traditional journalism is going the way of traditional
tourism -- it's not facing an immediate demise, but the entire
field is undergoing a transformation.
How to keep up with so much information? It's easy to be complacent
and seek only perspectives we agree with. Answers never come
so easily.
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CJ or 'Citizen Journalism' is used to describe the way in which
citizens play an active role in collecting, reporting and distributing
news and information.
It might not be easy to change the world, but you can help
change Planeta.com. In
our Web
Seminar we review how to submit suggestions to websites
and publishers. In this essay we explore how readers play the
role of an editor.
Communication requires creative dialogues and most importantly,
developed listening skills. We need to figure out new ways of
communication and collaboration. That said, it's one of the
greatest paradoxes that what we do not communicate well is communication
failure.Those seeking a "value chain approach" --
bring local initiatives into global chain -- need to carefully
weigh how communication can be used to foster a dialogue that
respects and responds to local needs.
Planeta.com presents an overview of suggestions from multiple
stakeholders on improving communication in the realm of responsible
tourism and conservation. We consider what operators suggest,
put ourselves in the boots of a traveler and consider how new
technologies make it easier than ever for everyone to become
'media.'
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