The image of Saudi Arabia in the world

[saudiimage]

The notion of image refers to the perceptions that people from various countries have about the world around them with all its constitutes. This image is a natural outcome of direct and indirect individual experiences which they acquire through different communicative interactions. In its international dimensions, this image becomes particularly important given its influence on the prevailing public opinion in terms of the various elements related to it. Starting from the fundamental relation between the stereotype and the shaping of public opinion, many countries have involved their institutions in investigating the image held about them around the world. The recent international events have made it all the more important to study the conceptual image held by the countries around the world about the Kingdom, the factors contributing to its development and the approached necessary for its improvement.

This is what has prompted the Saudi Association for Media and Communication (SAMC) to devote Second Annual Communication Forum to investigating the conceptual image of the kingdom around the around the world. (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2-5 October. 2004)

www.saudiimage.org

www.samc.org.sa

 

[OceanDude]

When I think of Saudi Arabia and their apparent disdain for traditional household pets (particularly cats) I think of a country with the capacity for little joy and warmth. My perception is that it's a country that in the end will be judged for their lack of compassion and lack of human emotion and joy. Having lived and worked there I know this to be true. So I envision on judgment day Saudi Arabia being made into a large cat litter box where huge cats (no doubt the product of the Jewish-Zionist grand conspiracy to undermind Arabs and put them in their place) roam the dessert looking for wayward Arab suicide bombers and thier offspring. When they find one they pluck such up by the scruff of the neck and promptly bury them in the sand as if they were a smelly turd.

OD

 

[BoneCrusher]

Lol Od!