The movie "The American President" portrays a widowed President facing declining popularity after beginning a romance. He must choose between supporting his party's criminal bill or his love interest's environmental concerns. He addresses the nation with a surprise speech announcing new environmental legislation with 20% fossil fuel cuts. To regain voter approval, he also proposes gun control legislation. In the end, the President's honest speech allows him to save his presidency, relationship, and regain his popular support.
The movie "The American President" portrays a widowed President facing declining popularity after beginning a romance. He must choose between supporting his party's criminal bill or his love interest's environmental concerns. He addresses the nation with a surprise speech announcing new environmental legislation with 20% fossil fuel cuts. To regain voter approval, he also proposes gun control legislation. In the end, the President's honest speech allows him to save his presidency, relationship, and regain his popular support.
The movie "The American President" portrays a widowed President facing declining popularity after beginning a romance. He must choose between supporting his party's criminal bill or his love interest's environmental concerns. He addresses the nation with a surprise speech announcing new environmental legislation with 20% fossil fuel cuts. To regain voter approval, he also proposes gun control legislation. In the end, the President's honest speech allows him to save his presidency, relationship, and regain his popular support.
)WATCH THE 1995 MOVIE "THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT" STARRING
MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND ANNETTE BENING. 2) ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
A. WHAT IS/ARE THE IDENTIFIED CRISIS COMMUNICATION ISSUES BASED
ON THE MOVIE
The identified crisis communication issues base on
the movie "THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT", first is the use of fossil fuels, which has been largely responsible for global warming, and a 20% decrease in fossil fuel emissions over the following ten years. President Andrew Shepherd, a widower, is nearing the end of his first term as President of the United States. His candidacy appears to be certain, since he has tremendous popular support, until he meets Sydney Ellen Wade and they finally arrange to go on a date. Shepherd is forced to pick between the criminal bill that his party wants him to pursue and Sydney's particular environmental concern. Shepherd's supporters are likewise skeptical of the arrangement, and his popularity ratings is decreasing.
B. HOW DID THE CHARACTERS RESOLVED THE ISSUES?
With his power to gather and make a communication ability to the public Shepherd makes a surprise appearance in the White House press room, announcing that he would present the controversial environmental measure to Congress with a significant 20 percent cut in fossil fuels. To retrieve his lost tally, he turned the crime control bill into a gun control measurement law before submitting and approving the environmental bill to Congress.
C. WHAT WAS THE ENDING OF THE STORY?
With a speech, full of honestly , President Andrew
Shepherd is able to save his presidency, his dignity, his relationship, and regain his popularity at poll.