Amid the media blitz regarding Italian prime minister Berlusconi, the Italian public along with Americans celebrate the victory of Barack Obama in the presidential race. It is very interesting to me that in a country that has an extraordinarily corrupt political system that our goverment would get such publicity. I understand that America is seen as a world power and despite recent years is still highly respected. After living in Italy for 5 months I have come to realize that Italians look to the American democratic system in hope. In the recent years under the umbrella of Berlusconi, Italians have had a grim view of democracy. Obama, in the eyes of the Italians, offers as much hope for change for Americans as he does for them. Although it is clear in this video that the American people living in Italy, in this case Rome, are leading this celebration it is also very obvious that the Italians are just as much involved. The parade of people are moving down a very highly populated area in Rome and this just proves that Obama is accepted as a figure head, already, in this country.
Tricia Mastuzo
Showing posts with label Obama. Show all posts
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Russia- Perception of Leaders- Home and Abroad
--This article found on the AFP's website entitled "For Russia's Putin, knockabout with Obama is just the ticket" tackles the question of how the world media portrays Putin and also how Russia portrays Obama as the new president elect to the United States.
--The fact that Russian bloggers are talking about the election of Obama is interesting because it shows how our president affects the media in a worldwide perspective. If these bloggers are accrediting Obama to the "decline" of America, it is difficult to understand how much diversity of opinion and information is being delivered to the Russian people regarding the American election. The question arises again of how much the media is being censored in Russia regarding foreign affairs and everything else.
--Putin also is extremely careful of how he is perceived in the media which could help explain why so journalists who speak out specifically against Putin and his administration tend to be silenced in various ways. He wants to remain seemingly powerful in the media. The fact that a publicity stunt was planted where he "saves" a group of journalists from a tiger shows that he must care and understand how the world perceives him as treating the media.
This is the example of how the media portrayed Putin after the tiger stunt:
A hero?
Silly, huh?
Post by: Alexa Sell
--The fact that Russian bloggers are talking about the election of Obama is interesting because it shows how our president affects the media in a worldwide perspective. If these bloggers are accrediting Obama to the "decline" of America, it is difficult to understand how much diversity of opinion and information is being delivered to the Russian people regarding the American election. The question arises again of how much the media is being censored in Russia regarding foreign affairs and everything else.
--Putin also is extremely careful of how he is perceived in the media which could help explain why so journalists who speak out specifically against Putin and his administration tend to be silenced in various ways. He wants to remain seemingly powerful in the media. The fact that a publicity stunt was planted where he "saves" a group of journalists from a tiger shows that he must care and understand how the world perceives him as treating the media.
This is the example of how the media portrayed Putin after the tiger stunt:
A hero?
Silly, huh?
Post by: Alexa Sell
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