japan

My Proposal is to create and deliver a different and more personal depiction of the Japan tsunami crisis from the perspective of locals as well as the effect it has had on me having a japanese family.

Question: In what way does the American coverage of the japan tsunami and japanese coverage differ? And what appears to be the purpose or intention of the media coverages?

I will be using the first hand accounts of my aunt and uncle who sent their 3 children to live with me and my mother amid radiation fears. their account i believe will be of the utmost importance and accurate. I will use online articles about the coverage, my relatives interviews as well as actual clips of the coverage possibly to point out differences and simalarities. putting all of this together i expect to find out what methods the 2 countries used in covering the crisis and further investigate japans negligence and downplaying of the radiation situation.

Important topic and your personal connection gives you a unique angle on the topic. Your spelling errors impede both readability and credibility-- be attentive to this. Look for how "first person narratives" are presented in the American news media. What are the similarities and differences in TV news stories, webstories and photos? Think about how your family's experience was similar and different to these other representations. I like the idea of exploring the concept of "trust" in government and news media. Since this is such a big topic, it will be important to focus--- perhaps on just one network or medium (like ABC News, NPR or NHK) or for a specific narrow time period (ie, in the first week after the crisis). Here's the link to Michael Plugh's story in Salon:

Michael Plugh, “What I Left Behind In Japan,” Salon.com (March 22, 2011), available at http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/03/22/japan_i_left_behind/index.html.