Title: Soviet and Russian press coverage of the United States
First published: 1999
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.
Subjects: Relations, Foreign relations, Press coverage, Berichtgeving, Diplomatic relations, International relations, Buitenlandse betrekkingen, Overheidsbeleid, United states, relations, soviet union, Soviet union, relations, foreign countries, Press and politics, Mass media, soviet union
Places: United States, Russia (Federation), Soviet Union
Time periods: 1989-, 1981-1989