The social construction of international news: we're talking about them, they're talking about us/
Wasburn, Philo C.
The social construction of international news: we're talking about them, they're talking about us/ Philo C. Wasburn. - Westport, Conn.. : Praeger, 2002. - xv, 184 p. ; 24 cm. - Praeger series in political communication; .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-174) and indexes.
Part I: what our news media say. We're talking about us: the social construction of the United States by America's commercial news media -- We're talking about them: U.S. news media construction of wars between other nations -- We're talking about them: U.S. new media construction of other nations' internal wars and assassinations --
Part II: what their news media say: four case studies -- The United States as a former enemy: Russian national television construction of the United States after the collapse of the Soviet Union -- The United States as a world military power: an Indonesian newspaper's view of the United States in the Persian Gulf crisis -- The United States as a world economic power: radio Japan's view of the United States in international trade disputes -- The United States as a friend-at-a-distance: views of the 1996 Presidential Nominating Conventions and the Presidential Inauguration on British, Canadian, and French television --
Part III: implications. Reassessing our news media and our understanding of others and ourselves.
0275978109 (alk. paper)
Foreign news.
Information international
070.4332 / WAS/S
The social construction of international news: we're talking about them, they're talking about us/ Philo C. Wasburn. - Westport, Conn.. : Praeger, 2002. - xv, 184 p. ; 24 cm. - Praeger series in political communication; .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-174) and indexes.
Part I: what our news media say. We're talking about us: the social construction of the United States by America's commercial news media -- We're talking about them: U.S. news media construction of wars between other nations -- We're talking about them: U.S. new media construction of other nations' internal wars and assassinations --
Part II: what their news media say: four case studies -- The United States as a former enemy: Russian national television construction of the United States after the collapse of the Soviet Union -- The United States as a world military power: an Indonesian newspaper's view of the United States in the Persian Gulf crisis -- The United States as a world economic power: radio Japan's view of the United States in international trade disputes -- The United States as a friend-at-a-distance: views of the 1996 Presidential Nominating Conventions and the Presidential Inauguration on British, Canadian, and French television --
Part III: implications. Reassessing our news media and our understanding of others and ourselves.
0275978109 (alk. paper)
Foreign news.
Information international
070.4332 / WAS/S