Soviet and Russian press coverage of the United States : press, politics, and identity in transition / Jonathan A. Becker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker, Jonathan A., 1964-

Series:

St. Antony's series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

St. Antony's series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Press coverage.

Relations.

United States--Relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Relations--United States.

United States--Relations--Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation).

Russia (Federation)--Relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

United States--Press coverage--Soviet Union.

United States--Press coverage--Russia (Federation).

Physical Description:

xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; Oxford : In association with St. Antony's College, 2002.

Summary:

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 11 September 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.

Contents:

Part I Politics and the Press 9

1 Press Systems 11

2 Soviet Communications Policy 18

3 Glasnost' vs. Freedom of the Press 37

Part II Soviet and Russian Images of the United States 65

4 'Otherness', Enmity and Envy in Soviet Images of the United States 67

5 US/Soviet Relations in the Gorbachev Period 72

6 Changing Images of American Military and Foreign Policy 87

7 Images of Domestic America 110

8 The Russian Press and Images of the United States 137

Afterword: The Russian Press under Putin 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-266) and index.

ISBN:

0312219075

033394965X

0333643143

OCLC:

50002467