In view of the tumultuous national and global environments and controversial views of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, this timely book is intended to inform readers of various nations’ perceptions and media coverage of the United States.
Thirty-six accomplished and prominent media, communication, and journalism scholars--representing 20 countries--will methodically research and assess their respective country’s perceptions of the United States through content and discourse analysis of their major national newspapers, social media, and/or comprehensive public opinion surveys. This book offers a unique cross-cultural approach that interprets and helps students to understand the image of the USA and its current President Donald Trump through the eyes of politicians, media personalities and ordinary people across the globe.
Unmatched with any publication, this book will provide a valuable and much-needed global perspective of the US through the eyes of other peoples and cultures.
About the Editor
A noted global media and communication scholar, Dr. Yahya R. Kamalipour is a professor of communications and former chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University. Previously he served, for 28 years, as professor and head of the Department of Communication and Creative Arts, Purdue University Northwest. His areas of interest and research include globalization, media impact, international communication, Middle East media, and new communication technologies. Profiled in the Contemporary Authors, he has published eighteen books, including the acclaimed Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective (3rd edition), Global Discourse in Fractured Times, and Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age. He has served as an international consultant for several colleges and universities and on advisory/editorial boards of a dozen prominent communication journals. He is founding director of the Global Media Journals network and founding
president of the Global Communication Association. Kamalipour has visited over sixty-five countries and has been interviewed by major newspapers and broadcast media around the world. He earned his PhD in communication at the University of Missouri-Columbia, MA in mass media at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, and BA in mass communication-public relations at the Minnesota State University. For additional information visit www.kamalipour.com.
- ISBN10 1538142414
- ISBN13 9781538142417
- Publish Date 15 February 2021
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 326
- Language English