{"product_id":"dark-double-us-media-russia-and-the-politics-of-values-paperback","title":"Dark Double: Us Media, Russia, and the Politics of Values - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrei P. Tsygankov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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 \u003cem\u003eDark Double\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\u003cbr\u003epower and anti-American attitudes. Given the intensity of our current impasse with Russia, \u003cem\u003e Dark Double\u003c\/em\u003e represents an important intervention that forces us to think about the sources of conflict in a new way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrei P. Tsygankov\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor at the departments of Political Science and International Relations at San Francisco State University. He has published widely in the West, and his books have been translated in Russian and Chinese. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eRussia and the West from Alexander to Putin\u003c\/em\u003e (2012), \u003cem\u003eRussophobia\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) and is the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy \u003c\/em\u003e(2018).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753915023648,"sku":"9780190919344","price":46.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dba99962ad60d62c3cb5d0358dfaaf9c.webp?v=1780029452","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dark-double-us-media-russia-and-the-politics-of-values-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}