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Brazil’s Rising Tides
By Grace Martinez, Masters in Media and Strategic Communication ‘23 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Joe Biden walk next to the Rose Garden after theirmeeting at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP) On Friday,...
Countering Three Key GOP Narratives on Ukraine
By Andrew Sugrue, MA Media and Strategic Communication, 2024 Photo Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. This image appeared in The Wall Street Journal, captioned “Most House Republicans Applaud Zelensky.” When Russia first launched its invasion of...
TriNet: Nailing Jello to the Wall
By Dominique A. Piñeiro, MA Media and Strategic Communication ’23 An A.I.- generated photograph capturing the surreal and symbolicconcept of the “TriNet,” representing a narrative contest among theU.S., the European Union (E.U.), and China. Each international...
Yasukuni Shrine
By Izzy Angeli, MA Media and Strategic Communication ’23 Historical Context China considers Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine—which honors 2.5 million war deaths, including convicted war criminals—as a symbol of Japan’s wartime militarism. The shrine was founded in 1869...
Battle of Narratives between Canada and Quebec over immigration and identity
By Antoine Morin, GW Exchange Student, Spring 2023 This past month, the normally welcoming and multicultural Canada took the difficult decision toclose Roxham Road – a road that generated extensive media coverage because it was a site ofirregular migration to Canada...
