Global Media Perceptions of the United States : The Trump Effect

A 2022 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title As a timely portrait of international perceptions and media coverage of the United States, this comprehensive collection reveals the global effects of the tumultuous environments and controversial views promoted during the Donald J. Trump presidency. More than thirty accomplished and prominent media, communication, and journalism scholars represent twenty countries with methodically researched assessments of their respective country's major national newspapers, social media, or comprehensive public opinion surveys. Together, these analyses offer a unique cross-cultural approach that helps students and scholars understand the image of the USA and President Trump through the eyes of politicians, media personalities, and ordinary people across the globe. Contents 8 Foreword 12 Acknowledgments 14 Introduction 16 THE AMERICAN CONTEXT—1. America and the World: The Plight of Organized Human Life 24 THE AMERICAN CONTEXT—2. How Americans See the World: What Research Tells Us 36 THE AMERICAN CONTEXT—3. Looking for Wakanda in the 21st Century: News, Entertainment, and the Politics of Austerity 52 AUSTRALIA—4. What’s He Done Now? Seeing the United States and Trump Through the Australian Media 70 CHINA—5. Comprehensive and Balanced: Unveiling the Portrayal of the United States and Trump Through the Chinese Media 2017–2019 84 COLOMBIA—6. The Magnate Became President: How the Colombian Media and Citizens Perceive the United States and Trump 96 EGYPT—7. The Portrayal of the Trump Administration in the Egyptian Media 112 ENGLAND—8. Special Relations: Trump, Brexit, and the British Media 120 ENGLAND—9. Donald Trump: Balloon Baby or Toilet Head? Satire and Protest in the Press and on the Streets of London 134 GERMANY—10. Mediated Populism: The US Image in German Media 142 GREECE—11. Does Trump Represent America? The Image of the United States in Greek Online News During the Trump Presidency 160 IRAN—12. Iranian Media Coverage and Views of the United States and Trump 170 KOREA—13. News Coverage about the United States in Korea During the Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations: Trump as an Outlier? 190 MALAYSIA—14. The Image of Donald Trump in Major Malaysian Newspapers: A Deeper “Mistrust” Than Obama’s Time 204 MEXICO—15. Coverage of Donald Trump in Three Mexican National Newspapers: El Universal, Reforma, and La Jornada, 2017–2019 216 NIGERIA—16. Media Coverage of the United States and Trump in Nigeria: A Mixture of “Greatness” and “Arrogance” 230 PAKISTAN—17. Pakistani Perceptions of Trump’s America: A Troubled Relationship with Pakistan and Islam 242 POLAND—18. Poland and the United States Now Serve Each Other as Mirrors: The Trump Effect 258 RUSSIA—19. The US Image and Donald Trump Through Russian Eyes 274 TURKEY—20. Long Time Allies No More? How News Media in Turkey Covered the United States in 2019 288 Suggested Reading 304 Index 308 About the Editor and Contributors 320 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 "As a timely portrait of international perceptions and media coverage of the United States, this comprehensive collection reveals the global effects of the tumultuous environments and controversial views promoted during the Donald J. Trump presidency. More than thirty accomplished and prominent media, communication, and journalism scholars represent twenty countries with methodically researched assessments of their respective country's major national newspapers, social media, or comprehensive public opinion surveys. Together, these analyses offer a unique cross-cultural approach that helps students and scholars understand the image of the USA and President Trump through the eyes of politicians, media personalities, and ordinary people across the globe."-- Provided by publisher 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, it will also provide a valuable and much-needed global perspective of the USA.