Atlantic Reverberations - French Representations of an American Presidential Election

List of contents

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.

Summary

The 2004 US election provided French citizens and their media with a springboard for re-conceiving 'self' and 'other'. By examining how the French media 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.

Product details

• Authors: Adams, Paul C. Adams, Adams Paul C.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9780815387671
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-8767-1
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Human Geography