Source Note #24: Obama’s Inauguration from the Gaza Strip

March 12, 2009 in Source Notes

 Obama’s inauguration, as seen from Palestine (The Associated Press; January 2009)

A Palestinian man prepares tea for a customer, who is reading of Obama’s inauguration in the Palestinian daily newspaper Al-Quds.

Topic: Should the Obama administration continue to support Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Category: Journalistic: Mainstream

What is it? A photograph from the Associated Press
Publication Information: Associated Press; January 2009
Author: Muhammed Muheisen
Location: http://tinyurl.com/bf8zka
Accessed: March 11, 2009

Support:
President Obama
Michelle Obama
Unnamed Palestinian man
Al-Quds newspaper

Audience and Agenda:
The Associated Press, a cooperative owned by its contributing members, has been around for over 150 years. In addition to written news stories, AP publishes radio and television broadcasts and owns a a photograph library consisting of over 10 million images. Its main website, ap.org, has an estimated 2.7 million visitors per month from the United States. Its photo library at apimages.ap.org has an estimated 4.3 thousand visitors per month.

Usefulness:
In the time following Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip, media outlets in the region were dominated with news coverage of the event. But the world paused to acknowledge the inauguration of President Obama, despite the Middle East’s doubts that a change in administration would mean a change in American foreign policy. 

Works cited:
http://tinyurl.com/bf8zka
Quantcast.com
The New Associated Press

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