"The Age of Missing Information"

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This paper discusses Bill McKibben's book, "The Age of Missing Information" and applies McKibben's theories to educational broadcasting. The writer describes watching a television show, "Chicken in a Skillet" and the information that she managed to learn from the show. The paper relates the writer's experience to the content of McKibben's book.

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"I told a friend who knows how to cook. She actually does have a good pan and even an instant-read thermometer, and she offered to show me how to cook an easy skilled recipe with chicken with whatever I had on hand. (She did not have the 'best' instant-read thermometer, the brand recommended by the television show, however). She did not bread the chicken exactly like they said, however. She used some commercial breadcrumbs and a bit of the commercial, grated cheese together and cooked the cutlets in a skillet. She served them with a salad. I realized that watching and listening to a 'real person' was actually a much better, as well as a more enjoyable way to learn how to cook than watching a television show. I could ask questions, and learn how to do things that the cooks on television assumed I already knew how to do--and I could also 'taste' and touch the results, which is even more important with a how-to product like cooking."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Chicken in a Skillet." America's Test Kitchen. Season Eight. Website available 14 Apr 2008 at http://americastestkitchen.com/episode.asp?episodeid=196&iSeason=8
• McKibben, Bill. The Age of Missing Information. New York: Plume, 1993.

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