Topic: “How has the Internet changed the way we think about geography?” The requirements for this paper are as follows:-Size 12 font-Double spaced-Correctly cited Chicago style b (name-date)-8 peer review sources minimum-2,000 words maximumThe course I am taking is “Human Geography” where we look at, “How we create places in the natural or physical worldHow we organize space and society.How we interact with each other in and across different places.How we make sense of ourselves and others.” (My Professor’s slides from a PowerPoint)A good start to narrowing down this topic further would be to look, specifically, at how traditionally Northern hemisphere areas will give off that impression of more power because they have such a huge land mass on world map projections. This could tie into how map projections, such as the widely used Mercator Projection, portrays distortions in size and shapes of continents. Since news outlets and social media are more likely to use a Mercator Projection, it could push one to think less of an area simply on how big it is on a map, rather than say population density, number of educational institutions, success rates of those institutions, etc. As well as touch on any media which possibly use a different map projection to either better the understanding of an area, or any media which have potentially rearranged or changed something to portray an area falsely.The theme I would like to surround is that a kind of “social hierarchy” exists between the continents. That is that, without any knowledge in the Geography of an area, media could potentially sway you into creating a profile of an area. Just simply based on it’s physical size and placement.I’d like to also touch on any potential peer-reviewed sources that state any counts of potential misleading information, regarding physical geography, within media.My professor is strict and wants this paper to be fairly straight-forward, with little to no over-explanation. She said, “Please refrain from using the thesaurus.”
