{"product_id":"the-dark-double-us-media-russia-and-the-politics-of-values-9780190919337","title":"The Dark Double: Us Media, Russia, and the Politics of Values","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrei P. Tsygankov\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Geopolitics\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","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889371725975,"sku":"9780190919337","price":10135.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780190919337.webp?v=1781176119","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-dark-double-us-media-russia-and-the-politics-of-values-9780190919337","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}