Images of Germany in the American Media
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Images of Germany in the American Media
By (Author) Jim Willis
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
30th July 1999
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Sociology and anthropology
Media, entertainment, information and communication industries
International relations
303.48273043
Physical Properties
Hardback
208
Description
The start of the 1990s saw the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany into one new nation that would be a formidable economic force around the world. But to many Americans educated by the news and entertainment media, the image of Germany remained a holdover from World War II and the Hollocaust. When the American media were not presenting an outdated, jackbooted view of Germany, they were portraying it as a country epitomizing the world's Communist/Capitalist struggle. For three decades, the American news and entertainment media presented the image of Germany as being a country hopelessly divided. Now they were faced with a new country and a new set of images to deal with just as Germany exerted itself more powerfully than ever on the world economic scene. How much attention has this new Germany received in the American media, and how accurate are the new portrayals Have the media images changed during the 1990s and, if so, how much and in what direction Willis examines these issues as well as the status of international news in the American media. The result is a book of use to scholars, researchers and students involved with the mass media, contemporary affairs and European Studies.
Reviews
[A]bly exposes mechanisms of news coverage and introduces a multiplicity of media and today's manifold channels and tools of image formation.-German Studies Review
"Ably exposes mechanisms of news coverage and introduces a multiplicity of media and today's manifold channels and tools of image formation."-German Studies Review
"[A]bly exposes mechanisms of news coverage and introduces a multiplicity of media and today's manifold channels and tools of image formation."-German Studies Review
Author Bio
JIM WILLIS is Professor of Journalism and holds the Hardin Chair of Excellence in Journalism at The University of Memphis. Professor Willis has published widely on news gathering and other topics in journalism.
