Six videos that ask: Are Americans the dumbest people in the world?  Of course, the answer depends on one’s definition of intelligence.  These questions go well beyond: Are we smarter than 5th graders.

The U.S. may not be dumb, but is it intelligent?  That is another matter.  As we wage a global war on terrorism, what do we know about the world around us?  How can we lead the world when we so ill-informed.  Even our leaders struggle with the simplest of foreign questions.

What do we know of our world?  For instance, what do we even know of our neighbors like Mexico or Canada - and how do we KNOW it?  Then again, how are we known by others in this world?  Why do “they” hate us? Is it because we do not know them?  In a mediated world, what do we really know?  Luckily, we all have a clear idea of the importance of communication scholarship.

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