The sound of turning newspaper pages, family time around TV news—these once-common scenes are rapidly disappearing today.
Previously, our information sources were limited to newspapers and television, which served as an “intellectual safety net” supporting society’s knowledge foundation.
With the spread of the internet, information flow has dramatically changed, and “declining newspaper and print readership” has become a serious phenomenon affecting society beyond mere changes in preferences.
Mass media was once criticized for being “uniform” and “lacking personality.”
Indeed, newspapers and television had similar tones, with political stances barely distinguishable.
However, this resulted in delivering uniform information to all citizens, creating a common social foundation.
Children naturally became familiar with news, inspired by their parents reading newspapers, and developed interest in pre-birth events through television.
Such an environment built Japan’s intellectual foundation.
There existed at least minimal discourse through dialogue.
However, we now live in an era where anyone can freely disseminate and select information.
An environment where people “only see what they want to see” has become common, resulting in information bias.
While some young people seek quality information and grow by accumulating knowledge, there is an expanding segment lacking even basic knowledge, making the “information gap” more apparent.
With such limited knowledge and information judgment skills, it’s impossible to be a trader handling massive funds in global markets.
In fact, discussions with students after lectures at top 5 universities revealed an interesting discovery.
