多数美国认识哈利波特，却不识布莱尔 日前一个调查结果发现，约有57%美国人认得哈利波特。 比50%的布莱尔首相来的多了。 这项调查显示出大众文化的资讯传播对我们的「知识」 有着非常大的影响力。 以下为英国卫报的原文。 Harry Potter is better known in US than Blair http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1851139,00.html Wednesday August 16, 2006 Guardian More Americans know who Harry Potter is than can name Tony Blair, according to a survey by Zogby International. Some 57% identified the teenage wizard but just 50% could say who Britain's leader was. The poll, commissioned by producers of an interactive reality game show based on pop culture, found that while 77% could name two of Snow White's seven dwarfs only 24% could identify two supreme court judges. Robert Thompson, of the Bleier Centre for Television and Popular Culture, said the findings showed how effectively popular culture information is communicated. --

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