Atlantic reverberations : French representations of an American presidential election

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Atlantic reverberations : French representations of an American presidential election

Paul C. Adams

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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