{"product_id":"the-dark-double-andrei-p-tsygankov-9780190919344","title":"The Dark Double: Us Media, Russia, and the Politics of Values","description":"Although 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 power 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrei P. Tsygankov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190919345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190919344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019","brand":"Andrei P. Tsygankov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946257809663,"sku":"9780190919344","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_001163cc-a5b0-4ab9-9d80-9349041e03c7.jpg?v=1681512241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dark-double-andrei-p-tsygankov-9780190919344","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}