Luke Harding's Guardian article: Russia Today and images from the Russia Today poster campaign.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/18/russia-today-propaganda-ad-blitz

http://thezeitgeistmovement.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=99999&func=view&catid=5&id=216759

The Russian government supported news platform Russia Today is an attempt by Russia to control the representation of their nation. The Luke Harding article from the Guardian is a decent companion piece to study alongside the advertising campaign. Russia is spending a vast amount of money using digital media to construct sympathetic representations of Russia. The posters were banned in some American airports. Russia Today's You Tube site is well worth a visit when using this material to consider media issues and debates that surround Russia Today. France, China and Iran all have government funded multi-lingual news platforms broadcasting to a global audience. And of course, we have the BBC.