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How are government employees viewed on film?

Submitted by tsommella on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 10:38pm.

Interesting article about how government employees are viewed on film:

http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=45789&dcn=e_gvet

Emily Long writes, "The study, conducted by political science professors Michelle Pautz of the University of Dayton (Ohio) and Laura Roselle from Elon University in North Carolina, analyzed the annual top 10 grossing movies from 1992 to 2005 for portrayals of government employees. Sixty percent of the films depicted government systems negatively, yet individual employees generally were portrayed positively. Civil servants often were portrayed as attractive, knowledgeable, well-trained and efficient, research found."

If we are perceived in a positive light, do we have a personal responsibility to raise the brand of our agencies and departments? Or is this something that can be done by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)?

How does being part of YGL raise the brand of government and the people who work for it?

Tim Sommella
President
Young Government Leaders

 

 

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