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The Dark Double: Us Media, Russia, and the Politics of Values
Contributor(s): Tsygankov, Andrei P. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0190919345     ISBN-13: 9780190919344
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $23.74  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Geopolitics
- Social Science | People With Disabilities
- Social Science | Media Studies
Dewey: 302.230
LCCN: 2018030794
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" L (0.45 lbs) 184 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Physically Challenged
Features: Bibliography
Review Citations: Choice 08/01/2019
 
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Publisher Description:
Although many observers argue that US-Russia relations are a simple reflection of elites' political and economic preferences in both countries, these preferences tend to arise from pre-existing belief systems that are deeply rooted in the public and accentuated by mass media. In Dark Double,
Andrei P. Tsygankov focuses on the driving power of values and media, in addition to political and economic interests, in structuring US-Russia relations. By analyzing mainstream US newspapers and other media sources, Tsygankov identifies five media narratives involving Russia since the Cold War's
end and studies them through a framework of three inter-related factors: historic and cultural differences between the two countries, inter-state competition, and polarizing domestic politics. He shows how Americans' negative views toward Russia draw from a deep wellspring of suspicion and are
further enhanced by a biased media that regularly exploits such negativity, Russia's centralization of power and anti-American attitudes. Given the intensity of our current impasse with Russia, Dark Double represents an important intervention that forces us to think about the sources of conflict in
a new way.
 
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