Soviet and Russian Press Coverage of the United States
This book examines changing Soviet and Russian press coverage of the United States from the emergence of Mikhail Gorbachev through the presidency of Vladimir Putin. A new afterword focuses on recent developments in the Russian media and Russian press coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Becker argues that due to the absence of a language to support the reform strategy, the Soviet press presented positive images of its chief ideological and military opponent, the United States, as a means of supporting political, social and economic reform. He suggests that the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a more self-confident Russia means that the symbolic and discursive significance of the United States for Russia has diminished.
| Autor: | Becker, Jonathan A. |
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| ISBN: | 9780333643143 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 233 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Veröffentlicht: | 29.03.1999 |
| Untertitel: | Press, Politics and Identity in Transition |
| Schlagworte: | Cold War Mikhail Gorbachev Policy Russia Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) foreign policy media reform russian and post-soviet politics |
Jonathan A. Becker is the Dean of Students and Professor of Political Science at Bard College.