Jessica- Outline

I. Introduction: Developed Nations lack of attention to situations beforehand which is better observed by the media to help control matters before they begin.

a. In many cases, it can be observed that the root of a problem can be traced way back in time where circumstances begin brewing the essence of a new situation. Normally at the beginning of a problem, people tend to ignore the situation as in its present state, it cannot pose a threat to anyone, but little do they know that the little speck of problem can build up and create a wide rift in our lives. Each society is presented with their own problems but the developed nations, the U.S. and England amongst the vast numbers, gain the upper-hand as they can cooperate from such incidents faster than an under-developed nation. In this case, under-established nations should also gain help from the developed countries which there is a shortage of at the time.

b. According to my interpretations and surroundings, it can be stated that progressed countries, lack the help and support they can provide to other countries. On the other hand, sources of media are able to instill a much needed support to these countries that are not already established as they peak their heads much farther than anybody else and go in depth for any case.

c. This bold claim can be backed up with two sources from different newspaper articles and texts from a book with examples incorporating natural disasters and racial seperations.

II. Body

a. When unexpected events, such as natural disasters occur, one may think that nothing can be done beforehand as it is just nature's fury upon us but this isn't true. Before any disaster or catastrophe occurs one must have precautions and safety measures instead of being left vulnerable and who would be better off handling this much needed support except developed nations, who already posses the technology advanced to protect themselves against the weather or even have devices called warning systems that prevent the unnecessary loss of lives. But unfortunately the media is always ahead in resolving the matters than any progressed county itself.
i. A piece of evidence was collected from the New York Times, which evidently reports "A tsunami warning system that could have saved thousands of lives in Southeast Asia is being encouraged by the United Nations. The technology to detect earthquakes under the sea and predict their consequences already exists in the Pacific and must now be extended to the Indian Ocean." As you can construe from this citation, Developed areas surrounding the Pacific Ocean had already developed these warning systems in advance but these surrounding countries in the Pacific should have taken a step to help establish systems in the Indian Ocean which would have been a sensible thing to do. If developed nations could build such devices for the protection of their people, why didn't this useful knowledge spread in order to save the lives of thousands in poverty areas. The media places the emphasis on this issue through the newspaper and finally the United Nations, an Well-established Nation is finally showing some importance to the issue.

b. Racial barriers is yet another issue that can be helped by progressed-countries who are in the condition to react and help lessen any true horrible events from taking place such as genocides. Like always, the media's input through photographs of the genocides that were occurring by the hands of the Nazi Party in Germany triggered World War II and the downfall of Hitler and the Nazi's who were on a mission to cleanse their country of Jewish people by exterminating their kind along with disabled people and Gypsies.
i. A piece of evidence from the text-book Seeing and Writing 3, a Susan Sontag essay titled Regarding the Pain of Others, quotes " All memory is individual, unreproducible-- it dies with each person. What is called collective memory is not a remembering but a stipulating: that this is important, and this is the story of how it happened, with the pictures that lock the story in our minds... Important Historical Moments; indeed, the triumphalist ones (the picture of the A-bomb excepted) become postage stamps. Fortunately, there is no one signature picture of the Nazi death camps." From this intense little quote, you can make out that the images, photographs, or even historical films that are produced by the media leave an ever-lasting impression on the viewer which leads to the person, group or even nation to take a step against the violence being promoted and to support those in need of help who can't defend themselves against tyrants, immorals or their enemies. Sontag also states in this quote that each picture gives us a sense of the general backround story as pictures tell a thousand words. When the United States of America and the Great Britain viewed these harsh images of the Jews being burned in stoves in the concentration camps in themorning paper while having breakfast, or on the radio while enjoying their sports or entertainment, a tough reaction and a response was bound to form against the cruelty that was being practiced.

III. Conclusion

a. The Natural Disaster and Racial Differentiations examples help expand everyone's view on the lack of efficiency the Developed Nations are providing with their attention and time to tackle each issue at hand. If each progressed country focused on other less-efficient countries that are not highly advanced on technology, then each problem will be lessened or finished before it becomes a reason for a big situation which is created due to the lack of attentiveness.

b. As you as the reader might have grasped by the end of this essay through the evidences provided, that the media's response to each issue is the quickest as they approach each event thoroughly right to the last detail while the Developed Nations as a whole, take each issue with a delayed response and this response only occurs after it has been brought to their attention by the media first. The heat put on these Progressed Nations by the media puts the countries in a bad position which they must correct and alter by providing aid.