Linked Production related Media Text #2

http://www.economist.com/

The Economist is a weekly British news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. It mainly features articles which primarily focus on world news, politics, and business. Every two weeks, the publication adds an in-depth special report on a particular issue. Due to the fact that it features articles on world news, this once again will be able to relate to the earthquake which recently occurred in Haiti as we are able to get stories which relate to ethnic groups from other countries. The reason as to why I have chosen this text is because I feel that we will be able to discuss how black people are represented within contemporary media in terms of broadcasting news. As a result of this magazine featuring articles which focus on world news and politics, in relation to our linked production we will be able discuss the media coverage of the 2008 US elections where Barack Obama became the country’s first black president which in turn shows how black people are represented in a positive way within contemporary media.