Knowing International Politics as Moving Images
According to Carver, the three life worlds that determine international relations include the knower, the state-actors and the ordinary people. In international relations, objects and materials of political nature which are already known to the knower (those with knowledge on the issues at hand) and the state actors (those involved actively in matters concerning state politics) are spread to the ordinary people who are the common people without much knowledge of such matters and who go by what the knowers and the state actors say.
The kinds of sources are valued traditionally owing to their higher level of validity. The sources were more concrete and based on real evidence. They were also created based on sufficient research, series of experiments and experiences that made them concrete. As opposed to theoretical sources, these sources had a more factual, more practical and contained more evidence. This was largely contributed by the fact that the sources were made up of visual and, hence, witnessed reality.
Media Coverage of Woman Leaders
Campus explains the various frames media uses to write, expose and cover the interests, goals and visions of women leaders. Some of these frames include: attainments and accomplishments that make her worth taking over a certain office or task, her outlook appearances which includes the way she wears and her general self-carrying in public, whether she is a woman worth voting for or just a mere a politician not ready to over a heavy public duty. In general, the press frames a woman leader with what that is mostly and commonly related to her be it personally, socially or politically.
An example of a content and tone of media coverage of a female leader is that of Michelle Bachelet. Dwelling on the tone that was used to describe her, it turned out to be totally positive and perfect. However, the content that which was used to describe her turned out to be perfectly negative and not one that could please and entice the public to voting for her as compared to her male counterparts. She was described with feminine traits which as far as leadership is concerned, do not come out as strong as that of the males as they are considered soft and not those that can be used to solve major issues.
Coverage of Women Leaders
Dahlburg exposes ideas used by the president elect to save the country from the wrath of war. Having won the presidency lot in Sri Lanka, Chandrika Kumaratunga was ready and focused on ending the civil wars that the country. She believed in peace and had an initiative to help the helpless who witnessed wars but had no say over it. To aid in her motives, she introduced a 2pm curfew which was meant to stabilize the country. President Kumaratunga was also concerned with the power vested to the executives which came to her attention that they abused it. She then brought about a motive aimed at reducing the power and dividing some to other parts of the governments such as the parliament, cabinet and the prime minister. She was determined to fight and bring back the lost hope and dignity lost by the citizens due to harassments they faced as they watched in silence.
Works Cited
Campus, Donatella. Women Political Leaders and the Media. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Print. 27 January 2017.
Carver, Terrell. "Cinematic Otologies and Viewer Epistemologies: Knowing International Politics as Moving Images." Global Society 24.3 (2010): 421 - 431. Web. 27 January 2017. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2010.485556>.
Dahlburg, John-Thor. "Sri Lankan Premier's Presidential Victory a Landslide." Los Angeles Times 1994: 4. Web. 27 January 2017. <http://documents.latimes.com/sri-lankan-premiers-presidential-victory-landslide/>.
