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A timely portrait of international perceptions and media coverage of the United States, this collection reveals the global effects of the tumultuous environments and controversial views of Donald Trump's presidency. Over thirty scholars, including Noam Chomsky, present research on 20 countries.
List of contents
Foreword: Cees Hamelink, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Introduction: Yahya R. Kamalipour, North Carolina A&T State University
1. America and the World: The Plight of Organized Human Life
Noam Chomsky, University of Arizona
2. How Americans See the World: What Research Tells Us
John V. Pavlik, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
3. Looking for Agrabah in the 21st Century: News, Entertainment, and the Politics of Austerity
Lee Artz, Purdue University Northwest
AUSTRALIA
4. What's He Done Now? Seeing the US and Trump through the Australian Media
Hart Cohen, Myra Gurney, and Antonio Castillo, Western Sydney University
CHINA
5. Selfish and Reckless: Unveiling the Portrayal of US and Trump through the Chinese Media, 2017-2019
Lizhou Sun, Southwestern University of Political Science and Law, and Fei Song, Henan University of Technology, China
COLOMBIA
6. The Magnate Became President: How the Colombian Media and Citizens Perceive the US and Trump
Jesus Arroyave, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
EGYPT
7. Portrayal of the U.S. Administration in the Egyptian Media
Rasha Allam, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
ENGLAND
8. Special Relations: Trump, Brexit, and the British Media
Graham Murdock, Loughborough University, UK
9. Donald Trump: Balloon Baby or Toilet Head? Satire and Protest in the Press and on the Streets of London
Jane Stokes, University of East London
GERMANY
10. Mediated Populism: The US Image under Trump in German Media
Regina Cazzamatta and Kai Hafez, University of Erfurt, Germany
GREECE
11. The Image of the United States in Greek Online News Sites During the Trump Presidency
Thimios Zaharopoulos, The American College of Greece
IRAN
12. Iranian Media Coverage and Views of the United States and Trump
Saeedeh Moradifar and Ali Omidi, University of Isfahan, Iran, and Kourosh Ziabari, Fair Observer correspondent and UK Chevening Scholarship alumnus, Iran
KOREA
13. News Coverage about the US in Korea during Bush, Obama, and Trump Administration: Trump as an Outlier?
Hyelim Lee and Seulgi Jang, Seoul National University, Korea, and Kadir Jun Ayhan, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea
MALAYSIA
14. US Image and Trump Coverage in Major Malaysian Ethnic Newspapers
Abbas Ghaanbari Baghestan, University of Tehran and Mohd Nizam Osman, University Putra Malaysia
MEXICO
15. Images of Donald Trump and the United States on the Mexican Press
José Carlos Lozano, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, and Francisco Javier Martínez, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico
NIGERIA
16. Nigerian Media Coverage of the United States
Abbas Ghanbari Baghestan, University of Tehran and Topic Peremobowei Akoje, University of Benin, Nigeria
PAKISTAN
17. Pakistani Perceptions of America and Trump
Ejaz Akram, Southwestern University of Politics and Law, Chongqing, China, and Ayesha Khan, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
POLAND
18. Social Perceptions and Media Coverage of the United States in Poland during Donald Trump's Presidency
Tomasz Pludowski, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Poland
RUSSIA
19. The US Image and Donald Trump through the Russian Eyes
Rovinskaya Juliana, Russian State University for the Humanities, and Greydina Nadezhda, Pyatigorks State University, Russia
TURKEY
20. Long Time Allies No More? How News Media in Turkey Covered the USA in 2019
Banu Akdenizli, Northwestern University-Qatar; Burak Özçetin, Istanbul Bilgi University; and Nazli Çetin Gündogdu, Yeditepe University Istanbul
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About the Editor and Contributors
About the author
Yahya R. Kamalipour is Professor and Chair of the Journalism and Mass Communication Department at North Carolina A&T State University, USA. He has published twenty-two books, including Global Media Perceptions of the United States (2021) and Global Communication, 4th edition (2024). He is the founder and managing editor of Global Media Journals (with 12 global editions) and founding president of the Global Communication Association. For additional information, visit www.kamalipour.com.
Summary
This book offers a unique cross-cultural approach that interprets and helps students to understand the image of the USA and its current President, Donald Trump through the eyes of politicians, media personalities and ordinary people across the globe. Unmatched, it will also provide a valuable and much-needed global perspective of the USA.
