The spiral of 'anti-other rhetoric' discourses of identity and the international media echo

Summary: How do media inform our representations of the Other and how does this influence intercultural / international relations? While officially dialogues between different national societies are conducted by diplomats in bilateral and multilateral settings, in practice journalists also participate every day in such dialogues through the phenomenon of the "international media echo" in which they report on each others' societies. Until now, media have only been investigated for their potential role in the foreign policy of specific states. In a case study involving media in three national cultures an.

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ISBN: 9789027293367 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9027293368 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9027227128
ISBN: 9789027227126
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xii, 280 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-277) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Spiral of 'Anti-Other Rhetoric'; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Foreword; Media, international relations, collective memories, and Critical Discourse Analysis; National and international contexts for the international media echo; Russia in Le Monde and The New York Times; Le Monde's and The New York Times' editorials in their national societies; Russian reactions to the West; Crossing cultural and disciplinary boundaries; Editorials; Chronology; Coherence analysis; Content coding; Negative representation of Russia; Notes; References; Index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.