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power of images or: How television defines Africa

on the pages of freedom factory there is an interesting article about the power of media images on the example of European-Western view of Africa.

"Such an artificial face for 'Africa' is the little black kid with the big, bright eyes, emaciated mother with the baby at the breast flaccid and the wide-angle view of a drying . Waterhole with an animal skull in the middle ground "

The author uses this term, leading directly to the donations, the financial readiness and the traditional development, contrary to a provocative image that would of course shown in any television program on the needy Africa:

" ... Pictures [n] of African elites who receive this aid ultimately probably to a large extent in the greedy paws, with the star shining fleet, the villas, the weapons, the tanks and jet aircraft, with military and Coronation Parade, with all the feist grinning monsters genocide (of western and eastern Grace )..."

The article covers I think the wonderful "social Kitsch" on, which ultimately extended suffering and misery. Because he is in altruistic feelings of helpfulness rather than lose the "needy" as equal recognition. Because then the first goal would have called any help, this help us to become equal to men is actually the same law. to drive the same right to freedom, to democratic participation and the same right to trade rather than remain dependent on handouts.

The Lafontaine, the stir in front of these foreign workers, then with the fear and brought to the advertising effect of pop stars, which would then lose the sympathy mesh, we are already living can.