Popular representations of America in non-American media /

"This book examines different perspectives on non-American media's representation of the U.S.A. and Americans. It explores representations in various types of media, including cinema, television, games, magazines, comics, photojournalism, advertising, and online platforms"--

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Endong, Floribert Patrick C., 1983- (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pennsylvania :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-5225-9312-6
Summary: "This book examines different perspectives on non-American media's representation of the U.S.A. and Americans. It explores representations in various types of media, including cinema, television, games, magazines, comics, photojournalism, advertising, and online platforms"--
Carrier Form: 20 PDFs (xxii, 361 pages)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781522593140
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: PN4837
CLC: K815.42
Contents: Chapter 1. A latter-day sodom and babylon: Nigerian citizen journalists' representations of Obama's "Gay America" -- Chapter 2. America as ambivalent superpower in recent Mexican, Australian, and Chinese media: re-examining the revenant, desierto, Billy lynn's Long halftime walk, fury road, and flowers of war -- Chapter 3. The united States in Cuban media: framing of America related news in Granma's Internet archives -- Chapter 4. America in the camera obscura of Nigerian "videastes": a study of Peters Roberts' 30 days in Atlanta and George Kalu's life is hard in America -- Chapter 5. An "infantilization" of our nation: shaping Cameroonian audiences' perceptions of America through mediated metaphors and allusions -- Chapter 6. Depicting political dynamics of migrant "blackness" in the era of Trumpism: reframing of "the other" in the British Press -- Chapter 7. The discourse of Turkish press on 2016 U.S. presidential elections and the inauguration of Donald Trump -- Chapter 8. Representing Trump and trumpism through caricature: a semiotic analysis of selected editorial cartoons published in Nasoweseeam -- Chapter 9. Framing American politicians through photo manipulation: a "structuralist" reading of Vanguard, Punch, and Nigeriana news -- Chapter 10. Exploring U.S. citizens' perceptions of foreign media's representations of America: a systematic review -- Chapter 11. Image of America in northern Nigeria radio-based broadcast: a study of greetings from America.