COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS 
A great way to understand better our society is to verify how other countries see ourselves. Indeed others don’t know exactly life in Italy, but they know only the aspects which are mainly associated to Italy when they hear news about our country. 
Let’s to examine two different types of document on how foreigners imagine Italy: the first two documents are a photo and a video in which there are presented the main prejudices about Italy, while the other two texts are two articles about the first minister Matteo Renzi’s first speech.
Considering the first two documents, foreigners think Italy as a country of great excellences in food, landscapes and especially in cultural property. However, there are a lot of negative prejudices, like the diffusion of mafia and of corruption, the difference between nord and sud, the diffusion of tax evaders and the inability for Italians to find a job for their values.
Let’s to see now the two articles about Matteo Reezi’s first speech in the senate. The two articles, taken by two different newspapers (“The Guardian” and “The New York Times”),  have some similarities: first of all, they are two reportages and not two opinion articles, because they reports various quotes by Renzi’s speech and various considerations by Italian politicians; then, both the articles have the same vocabulary (specific words taken by the semantic field of policy); finally, the articles’ aim is to point out the validity or not of the first minister’s speech. Considering the various quotes of the two articles, Renzi’s speech seems to be not so efficient. The first minister seems to be in political campaign; indeed his speech lacked in details and seems to be direct to Italian people instead to other ministries and politicians. Moreover, Renzi was disapproved for his speech choices (like his quotation “this is no country for old people”) that didn’t appeal the likings of other politicians.
In conclusion, foreigners seem to have mainly a negative image of Italy. Considering it, which is unfortunately true (every Italian could see around him the Italian lacks), Italy is seen as a country in which unprepared politicians and disorganized administration mess up the beauty of the “bel paese”.