You can hardly escape the sound of someone else’s ipod, cell phone, or video console in today’s urban world. The background din impacts us in ways we are probably not even aware of. In a short film from Pangea Day, Serdar Ferit explores how our mediated world may be affecting the way we communicate.

And tonight on GRITtv we discuss political ads and how Barack Obama should respond to recent negative attacks from John McCain. We’ll be joined by Faye Wattleton, Steve Cobble, and Malia Lazu. Stay tuned.