TY - BOOK AU - Wasburn,Philo C. TI - The social construction of international news: we're talking about them, they're talking about us SN - 0275978109 (alk. paper) U1 - 070.4332 PY - 2002/// CY - Westport, Conn.. PB - Praeger KW - Foreign news KW - Information international N1 - 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 ER -