Atlantic reverberations : French representations of an American presidential election
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Atlantic reverberations : French representations of an American presidential election
Ashgate, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and index
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Description
The 2004 US election provided the French media and its citizens with a springboard for reconceiving 'self' and 'Other'. Given its prominent opposition to recent US foreign policy, such as the invasion of Iraq; volley of insults and caustic remarks reverberated between France and the US, with French observers linking 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.
Table of 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'Amerique profonde
- Internet: ideal speech situation or babble?
- Quel rapprochement?
- References
- Index.
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