greek economic crisis
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Greek Economic CrisisLingyi Jiang
ENG403 SEC02Spring 2013
Background
Debts
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein
Member of the European Union
Impacts on the Greek Economy
Greek protestor rallying against the Greek government's debt proposals.
Impacts on the Greek Economy
Impacts on the Greek Economy
Impacts on the Public Opinion
Greek immigrant Maria Zatse reads her Greek-German dictionary in her flat in Munich, Germany
Impacts on the Public Opinion
Impacts on the Public Opinion
Research
• March 2010 – August 2012
• ProQuest and Lexis Nexis Academic
• Greek Economic Crisis
• Ten news articles
• Times of London & Wall Street Journal
Comparison
• Similarity: Pay Delays.
• Difference
Times of London: Public reaction.
Wall Street Journal: Economic effects.
Reasons for Different Perspectives
• 1. Two different types of news paper.
• 2. They have different readers.
Times of London: Europeans.
Wall Street Journal: Americans.
• 3. Readers have different interests.
Times of London: Greek’s opinion about the crisis and their future plans.
Wall Street Journal: How the crisis that happened in Europe would impact the U.S. economy.
Conclusion
• Both described and covered the topic very well.
• Times of London : Public reaction.
• Wall Street Journal : Economic perspective.
• Reader’s satisfaction.