Atlantic Reverberations

French Representations of an American Presidential Election
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-138-61890-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 392 g

The 2004 US election provided French citizens and their media with a springboard for re-conceiving 'self' and 'other'. Given its prominent opposition to recent US foreign policy such as the invasion of Iraq, a volley of insults and caustic remarks reverberated between France and the US. French observers linked the Bush administration's policies to particular groups and regions within the US, to a democratic deficit, to a perceived threat of US collapse and to the need for a stronger Europe. By examining how the French media - newspapers, television, the internet and scholarly research - represented the election from a critical geopolitical perspective, this book provides the first major in-depth study of views of the US in contemporary foreign media.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adams, Paul C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Preface; The international echo chamber; Geopolitical representation and its contexts; France-US relations and the 2004 election; Scholarly debate: the emerging motif of counterbalance; Newspaper reporting: restraint and balance; Television: plumbing the depths of l'Am que profonde; Internet: ideal speech situation or babble?; Quel rapprochement?; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Paul C Adams is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, USA.