Tag: Game of Thrones

And Everything In Between: Daenerys Targaryen – fire breather and well-groomed Tryant

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One for the Game of Thrones fans!

This is a fictional political profile of *deep breath*: Daenerys Stormborn of the House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, the Unburnt, Queen of Meereen, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Breaker of Chains, and Mother of Dragons.

Game of Thrones (GoT) constantly ‘throws the baby out with the bath-water’ with its characters. The TV series is particularly brutal; character development can be intensive and lives can be (proportionally) short.

Is there a link between how long someone is alive and how much ‘impact’ they have?

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You Spin or You Die: A Public Relations interpretation of Game of Thrones

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I watch Game of Thrones.
I’ve re-watched it a few times, and I’ve developed a couple of different understandings of it — through Public Relations and International Relations perspectives; cultural phenomena such as popular TV shows can do more than just depict theoretical scenarios, they are highly complex and can be understood, or ‘read’ in many ways.

Here is my understanding of Game of Thrones, Seasons 1-4, from a Public Relations perspective.

*******PROBABLY CONTAINS SOME KIND OF SPOILERS*******

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ALP Game of Thrones: The Rains of Canberramere

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More than just a leadership change happened yesterday.

“What happened, PIK? I’m overwhelmed! It makes no sense, why should I care?”

1. Julia Gillard called a leadership spill, Kevin Rudd challenged her; Kevin Rudd won – 57 votes to 45. He is now the leader of the ALP, and the [un-elected] Prime Minister of Australia.

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