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This book examines changing Soviet and Russian press coverage of the United States from the emergence of Mikhail Gorbachev through the presidency of Vladimir Putin. A new afterword focuses on recent developments in the Russian media and Russian press coverage of the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001. Becker argues that due to the absence of a language to support the reform strategy the Soviet press presented positive images of its chief ideological and military opponent the United States as a means of supporting political social and economic reform. He suggests that the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a more selfconfident Russia means that the symbolic and discursive significance of the United States for RussiaPreface to the 2002 Edition Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: Politics and the Press Press Systems Soviet Communications Policy Glasnost vs Freedom of Information PART II: Soviet and Russian Images of the United States Otherness Enmity and Envy in Soviet Images of the United States US/Soviet Relations in the Gorbachev Period Changing Images of American Military and Foreign Policy Images of Domestic America The Russian Press and Images of the United States Conclusion AfterThroughout this work Becker demonstrates an exceptional understanding of Soviet reality and how it has modelled the post Cold War Russian press system. Beckers well organized thorough analysis combined with a strong narrative style offers readers a sophisticated yet easytofollow text appropriate for advanced undergraduates graduate students and professors...a mustread text for anyone wishing to make sense of the contemporary Russian press. Robyn S. Goodman Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly/The book is clearly written contains a wealth of materials and in view of the misunderstandings that continue to bedevil AmericanRussian relations is timely. Frank Ellis Slavonic and East European Review/A rare combination of external observation of Russian politics with internal understanding of cultural code that allows him to provide readers with both objective and empathetic analysis of the recent ideological transformations in Russia...This stimulating book is an important contribution to the realistic assessment of where Russia is on its way to democracy. Nikolai Koposov Dean Smolny College St Petersburg Russia/Becker manages to order a tremendous amount of material into a concise yet informative study...(that is) particularly valuable for scholars. Beckers monograph is also accessible to a wide audience: his care in translating quotations means the book can be fully appreciated by almost any reader making the book a solid investigation into a recent and critical period in Soviet and Russian history. David J. Galloway Slavonic and East European JJonathan A. Becker is the Dean of Students and Professor of Political Science at Bard Co

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