Soviet and Russian Press Coverage of the United States
Jonathan A. Becker
Gebundenes Buch

Soviet and Russian Press Coverage of the United States

Press, Politics and Identity in Transition

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This book examines changing Soviet and Russian press coverage of the United States from the emergence of Mikhail Gorbachev through the presidency of Vladimir Putin. A new afterword focuses on recent developments in the Russian media and Russian press coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Becker argues that due 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. He suggests that the end of the Co...