NEW250Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Live Aid
Document Summary
Videos directed specifically to look at the construction of africa. Consuming hunger takes us back to mid 80"s with famine in ethiopia. A lot of the images we see today resonates with those of before the starving wretched africa. 1980s known as lost decade in much of developing world context: broke countries borrowing money and the cold war struggle between soviet union and america. Getting aid took a while because message took a while to get to the west. Media saying there was no famine, but showing proof starvation and destitution. Said proof wasn"t good enough, image not strong enough notenough ppl. Dropping like flies" so not a lot of media attention- didn"t broadcast footage. Starving kids in africa, that"s not a story, that"s a fact of life was the media response and argument for not broadcasting it things have to be sensational to get on air.
