In search of greatness : Russia's communications with Africa and the world / Festus Eribo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eribo, Festus, 1950-

Series:

Civic discourse for the third millennium.

Civic discourse for the third millennium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Press coverage--Russia--History--20th century.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An analysis of Russia's foray into communication with Africa and the world. It examines news reports and civic discourse, and explores the intellectual, social, cultural, political, geographical and historical aspects of the relationship between Africa and Russia.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction; 1 Reportage of African News in Russia A Global Perspective; 2 Russian Revolutionary Press and Africa: Counterpoint to Civic Discourse; 3 Ranking Africa in Moscow's Policy and Objectives; 4 Cold War Political Communication and Africa: The Brezhnev Years 1964 to 1982; 5 Coverage of Africa by Four Russian Newspapers: Data Analysis; 6 Reporting Africa From Andropov to Gorbachev; 7 Conflict Discourse and Reportage in Post-Communist Russia; 8 The Fall of the Communist Press Theory and the Dawn of a New Millennium; Conclusions; References; Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-225) and indexes.

ISBN:

9798400669286

9780313002984

0313002983

OCLC:

55149768