International Student Tell All

Finally, I have my blog looking somewhat decent. I was beginning to question whether or not I am really part of Generation Y. Anyway, enjoy the new layout.


When we were first given the assignment to interview an international student to find out about how the media is in their country I knew immediately who I wanted to interview. My friend Teia who is a junior here at LU is from the Bahamas. She and I frequently talk about her home compared to America. First I asked her some questions about what the celebrities are like in her country because I realize that everyone here seems to be infatuated with Britney Spears, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie. So my question is it like this in the Bahamas?

She said in the Bahamas celebrities are not huge like they are here in the United States. Caribbean music is the choice over American artist. However, there are some popular cross over artists but they are mainly rappers like 2Pac, Lil’ Wayne. She also said that Beyonce is popular as well. Teia tells me again and again that really movies, music, and entertainment and what people are interested in really depends on the person you are talking to everyone has their own opinion. When movies are released in the Bahamas there are not only American movies but movies from around the world. She said they show movies that are released world wide and often they show a lot of Canadian movies. When I asked her if she learned everything about American culture from movies and TV she answered with a quick “no.” Teia told me that the Bahamas is so diverse that she never only learned about American cultures. Often she would learn a lot about many different kinds of people. I asked her about the news and what she learned about America. She said in most cases she would hear Bahamian news first and then hear about other cultures news.

The news stories she would hear about the United States were almost always about politics more than anything else. Teia also remembered hearing about big US news such as 9/11 and hurricane Katrina. She said that it was huge news there but she believes that those stories were big world wide. She also noted that it is ironic how anything that is a big problem in the US will make world wide news however, if there is huge problem that is newsworthy in a third world country most of the time it is not covered in the United States.

When I asked her about the upcoming American Presidential election she said that Barack Obama is well known in the Bahamas and many people there are hoping that he is the next American President.
From my interview I gathered that American media is not a huge power everywhere as it is in the United States. However, I think the Bahamas have maybe more freedom as far as media then other countries so maybe that is why American media doesn’t play a huge part in their lives.

Just for fun I thought I would add some music videos from the popular music people. Really America should be so proud of these artists like Lil’ Wayne.
Just a warning this isn't censored.