Blog 3 Prompt What is truth? Lies? Who gets to decide? Montage of Daisey and Jobs from New York Magazine Now things get complicated. You heard This American Life’s podcast focusing on Mike Daisey’s monologue-play and the issues it raises about Apple, China, worker rights, us as consumers, and globalization. Advertisements Continue reading
After listening to Mike Daisey’s podcast about the atrocities occurring in Shenzhen, I am concerned that these working conditions will be allowed to continue indefinitely. Daisey talked of 13 year old girls working in factories, 12 hour shifts, nerve damaging chemicals, mass amount of suicides, and general abuse of people in order to create electronics. … Continue reading
Mike Daisey’s monologue on This American Life publicized the gruesome working conditions and unexposed story about manufacturing in Shenzhen, China. His listener can easily relate to his love of technology, for our society admires the newest shiny Apple electronic. Although we can clearly read that our beloved products are made in China, few realize what … Continue reading
Mike Daisey’s adventure into Shenzhen helped shed light on some of the harsh realities of the world we live in. We always hear the stories of sweatshops, or unfortunate working situations around the globe, but Daisey’s monologue went into much more depth than what I have been exposed to. As Daisey shared his story I … Continue reading
Mike Daisey’s podcast was something I found to be incredibly overwhelming. I had only heard a few things about how the Chinese working conditions were so horrible there when the iPhone 4/4s and 5 were coming out but that was really it. I find it sickening that people, real people, who may not be American … Continue reading
The working conditions and the story of the employees in “Mr. Daisey and Apple” podcast was something that did not surprise me. As an East Asian studies minor at Bucknell I have heard about the situation that exists at Foxconn and other similar sweatshops around the world. The podcast begins with a discussion of Shenzhen … Continue reading
Mike Daisey’s adventure through Shenzhen was truly enlightening and begs the question, “Do you really think Apple doesn’t know… do they just see what they want to see?” After hearing this podcast, I can’t help but think that Apple (and the other corporations involved with Foxconn) must just turn a blind eye. Daisey’s level of … Continue reading
