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The social construction of international news: we're talking about them, they're talking about us/ Philo C. Wasburn.

By: Wasburn, Philo CMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Praeger series in political communicationPublication details: Westport, Conn.. : Praeger, 2002Description: xv, 184 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0275978109 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Foreign news | Information internationalDDC classification: 070.4332

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	070.4332 WAS/S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P22503

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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.

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