Soviet and Russian press coverage of the United States
Subtitle: press, politics, and identity in transition
By: Jonathan A. Becker.
Series: St. Antony's series
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union.; Soviet Union -- Relations -- United States.; United States -- Relations -- Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) -- Relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; United States -- Press coverage -- Soviet Union.; United States -- Press coverage -- Russia (Federation)
Description: "This book examines changing Soviet and Russian press coverage of the United States from the emergence of Mikhail Gorbachev as General Secretary of the Communist Party through Boris Yeltsin's re-election as Russian President in 1996. Becker argues that, owing 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.

Indeed, journalists were so overcome by a desire to present a 'new America' that, if anything, the United States was idealized where it was once reviled."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-225) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford.