the jewish week

The ethnic paper I looked at was the Jewish Week. It is nothing super, simple color and style choices, that are almost kind of dull. The letter is orange with blue on a simple white back ground. It is a pretty neat web paper anyway. lots of cool links and articles that focus on the jewish culture. one of the neat things was there was a whole article about the Imus issue. There is a lot of bad feelings amongst the jewish community because Imus is jewish. it was pretty interesting to see the story from a different culture's point of view. They feel that this is going to be super negative for jewish comedians and that they are going to have to hold their tongues now. the paper also covered a lot of the issues in the middle east. it also had blogs for singles and a lot of other things for people in the jewish community. i thought it was a very good paper even with its lack of style and layout.

Irish Echo Online Newspaper

Opening the webpage of Irish Echo, I first noticed the green color theme that was present. Obviously, green fits the Irish webpage well.

I was pretty disapointed with one of the articles on the website that had to do with the Virgina Tech massacre. It discussed how a group of Irish students "lucked out" by not being harmed during the shootings. It says "Call it fate, luck, whatever. A day or two later and a group of Irish students at VTech might have found themselves even closer to Monday's bloody massacre." I think that it is very selfish that this article is focusing on how Irish students escaped from being hurt during the massacre, when instead they should be paying respect to those who were not able to survive the massacre. Yes, it is great that these Irish students survived, but they should not be in the spotlight when 32 other innocent victims were killed. Instead, it would have been nice to see this Irish newspaper pay respect to those victims who were killed and their families, Irish or not.

http://www.irishecho.com/

Sharenews

http://www.sharenews.com/

Share News is a Canadian newspaper dedicated to diversity. The tell stories about diversity and other news stories without the bias that other traditional papers seem to exhude. It seemed like the first of its kind to really reach out to multiple audiences and do a good job with its objective in mind.

Boston Betting on "Dice-K"

I think its great that different cultures have newspapers and reading specifically focused on the ethnic views of the culture. I looked at the Asian Newsweek; it’s interesting to find all the activities that bring the Asian culture to America. Its great to experience different cultures and learn about them. The article I read is by A. J. Hayes, 2007 Baseball Preview: Boston Betting on "Dice-K." This article is about Dice-K being bought by the Red Sox, and how Japan is more than angry with “their best talents fleeing to America.” From Japan's point of view they, think it is "exorbitant" that America is spending over $150 million on Japanese imports. The article also says that the players are well worth the money but America is only doing it to draw Japanese headliners.


http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=422dd653281f79261d0c7d85a59ecf97

Killings in Afghanistan

"Report says insurgent killings of civilians in Afghanistan up" by Laura King, was found in the Boston Globe. The article talked about the increase in killings in Afghanistan and about how most of the time the victims end up being civilians and not officials or other people in power. It was a very interesting article that went into detail about the recent increase in civilians deaths in Afghanistan. There were some parts that seemed to focus on the american point of view at the beginning and end, but the middle really seemed to capture the local point of view. there was a quote from a 9 year old year who had been injured and through her words you got a sense of the culture and the people. There were other quotes from people who were frightened and wanted the government to do something. It was a very good piece but you could tell it wasn't written from someone who was writing a local piece. However you got the sense of how bad it is in Afghanistan and it did seem to, at points, connect with the local view.

NY Times Russias Polar Bears

This article written by Steven Lee Myers is about the method of now being able to hunt polar bears legally to prevent from human contact, in which there has been more of due to Russia's change in climate. Even with the rapid decrease in the Polar Bear population, this legal hunting law of allowing legal hunting of Polar Bears hopes to reduce the amount of poaching in Russia; however, the bears have been spotted on shore, where they have no choice but to look for food due to the shrinking of sea ice of which they live on and are subject to be killed because of the danger they are to humans. The local point of view is captured by through the eyes of Russians who live in the town, where they say this would only restore a tradition forced under ground after the Soviet ban went into effect. Most of the villagers feel this way, but some believe that the Polar Bear population will be extinct in 50 years, because of this legal hunting.

San Diego Union

'Blast Rocks Iraqi Parliment" - Written By New York Times/ Associated Press

The story goes in depth of how an Iraqi sucider bomber killed 8 people and leaving 23 wounded yesterday in a deadly the blast. The article also said "all Iraqis are targeted." The story takes on a partial window view as the reporter, whos name was not mentioned wasnt there to actually see the blast. It seems that the article is assumption based at parts and aims to scare Iraqi people. It was interesting to see an International article on an American newspaper.

http://vappsrv-prd.umassonline.net/webct/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct?JSESSIONID=GfS14Xk4Syg0wdLHfC5NpNB6111K6vbZqfWy8LhyhVjmGQ1xBwz1!-1432180863!1371756758

Dallas Morning News

"Egyptian pharaoh's locks were stolen, put up for sale online" 10:55 PM CDT on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 by the Associated Press. This article gives all the facts and is interesting because the types of things that are sold on e-bay always amuse Americans. The article does not say where online the hair of the 3,200 year-old mummy is being sold. Its just one of those odd unusual things that people do to get money. As a local point of view it really doesn’t relate or capture it.

NY Times Story about India's Sea Rise

"Sea Rise in India Buries Islands and a Way of Life" by Somini Sengupta was published on April 11, 2007 in the New York Times. I think this story did a decent job at capturing the local point of view. The story includes an interview with one of the locals, Shyamal Mandal. He talks about how the sea rise destroyed his house. I think there could have been more room for the locals views and stories on the sea rise. The story mostly focused on the scientists who spoke of their reasonings and researches of why India's sea is rising. However, the reporter did do a good job of giving the reader an idea of what the locals, along with Mr. Mandal have gone through due to the sea rise and how it has effected their lives. It would have been better though if he had their own words about it.

Diversity in Sports

Speaking of diversity in the communication field...Professional athletes now come from all over the world and many of them actually need translators to communicate with teammates and management, and more and more great players at this time aren't even from the U.S. Having more diverse players in the U.S. brings a lot more attention in the media. For example Daisuke Matsuszaka is a recently aquired pitcher for the Red Sox who was very popular in the Japanese league. He has Japanese media following him around constantly as do most of the other Japanese players in the league. The Professional Sports organization in America is one organization that understands diversity and gains many profits from this.

Diversity?

Diversity is such an open subject; there are different ideas of what diversity really is. I was just wondering what different people thought about diversity and what it really means to you and how it can be used to your benefit after graduation and in the real working world?

Diversity

I was looking through some old blogs and reading some blogs of other people online and i was wondering....Can you ever over diversify? Is there such a thing as too much diversity? Can an advertisement go way too far with its idea of what diversity is? i just thought this was an interesting thought and wanted to know what you guys thought.

An Interest in Culture

I just wanted to say how much this class has inspired me to learn more about the world and its different cultures. I find the difference in cultures extremely interesting, especially the difference in the advertising of cultures. I never covered the topic of diversity or studied different cultures in any other class. I am inspired to learn more about different cultures and to definitely travel to as many countries as I can to see for myself the difference in their culture.

Diversity

I think there should be a day devoted to diversity. Think about it. The college celebrates Earth Day, AIDS Awarness and other days. Certainly there are clubs dedicated to certain cultures, but how many Irish people attend the Spanish club? If the college utilized some of its resources it would be able to throw a great program to teach students about diversity. We may think we know a lot, but we don't.

O Canada!

For no real reason i decided to look at Canada. My people tend to forget Canada as a separate country of the United States, as if it is out attic that you go up to every once and awhile to see what is up there. However, Canada is a strong nation that is trying to create an image of being strong and true. When i linked onto the website the first thing they give you is a language option. One the page is a beautiful picture of a lake between two mountain/hills. written in french and english is the statement, "The True North. Strong and Free." I think that says everything there is about what Canada is trying to do and how it brands itself. THe nation is very proud of its heritage and proudly shows that throughout the site. The site does well in giving tons of information about the country from governmental news to tourism to immigrating to the country. They have created a strong, welcoming identity that welcomes people to Canada.

Public Diplomacy: China and Japan

In August 2006, both China and Japan came together to end their bilateral relationship that was filled with tenstion and hostility. By using public diplomacy, both countries communicated to one another the previous problems and the hopes for the future. Both countries were seen eqaully in the light a doing the right thing. They hoped that this meeting would not also be good for them but for Asia on the whole. Now, both countries have put a positive spin on what was once a negative factor.

http://www.gov.cn/misc/2006-08/04/content_354157.htm

Brazil

Brazil's government website is: http://www.brasil.gov.br/ingles/about_brazil/
After looking at the site, it seems that Brazil is trying to go for a rainforest, religious, and diverse image. It talks about the diversity of the country as well as its rich rainforests. It also shows the programs and projects that take place in the country to help with issues like revolve around poverty and hunger. Brazil is also trying to attract tourists with its "richness of nature, culture, economy and history.

Australia

WWW.Australia.gov.au is the official Australian government site. I would say that the Australian government is "branding" their nation as being motivated to improve in all aspects of the country. The site informs you about the government initiatives as well as information for all citizens and tourists about the country.