Discursive construction and transformation of ‘us’ and ‘them’ categories in the newspaper coverage on the US anti-ballistic missile system: Polish versus Russian view

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Sowińska ◽  
Tatiana Dubrovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Ballistic Missile ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
The Us ◽  
Missile System

North Korea in 2017

Asian Survey ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gi-Wook Shin ◽  
Rennie J. Moon
Keyword(s):  
North Korea ◽  
Nuclear Test ◽  
Ballistic Missile ◽  
Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽  
Mass Destruction ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
The Us ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Kim Jong Un continued to consolidate his power through personnel changes, and North Korean society saw increasing consumerism, along with signs of growing inequality. The economy did well through early 2017 but the subsequent effects of sanctions remained uncertain. North Korea conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile and its sixth nuclear test, triggering heated debate in the US and elsewhere about how to respond. Kim clearly is not going to give up working on weapons of mass destruction.

“When I came to the US”

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Hsuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Coming Out ◽  
Positioning Theory ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Discursive Construction ◽  
Washington Dc ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
Before And After

Abstract From a social constructionist perspective, this study examines three gay Indian immigrants’ coming-out narratives as the locus of the discursive construction of both one’s physical and social location within the changing context. It advocates reconceptualizing “coming out” as dynamic and situated in interaction. Also, it investigates the intersection and construction of identities by analyzing coming-out narratives in sociolinguistic interviews conducted in Washington, DC. Drawing on Bamberg’s three levels of positioning (1997), the analysis highlights how narrators bring about their identities as they contrast the social constructs in India, i.e., the absence of such concept, and in the US, e.g., the acceptance of homosexuality, by reenacting dialogue before and after migration. This study adds to positioning theory and contributes to the cross-cultural dimension of research on coming-out narratives. The qualitative analysis also provides a linguistic perspective that views narrating coming out as an interactive process for constructing intersected identities.

Reconciliation with Necessity and the Race to the Summit, 1971–1972

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Arms Control ◽  
Ballistic Missile ◽  
The Us ◽  
Almost All

This chapter agues that Nixon and Kissinger reconciled themselves to their weak hand during the final eighteen months of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. With negotiations on Vietnam dragging on and no US–China breakthrough in prospect, Nixon and Kissinger effectively adopted US–Soviet détente based on strategic arms limitation as the central fulfilment of Nixon’s promise to open “an era of negotiation” with the communist world. With eroding support for the US ABM program, this necessitated agreeing to almost all Soviet demands at SALT. The agreement banned national missile defenses and left the USSR with a commanding lead in offensive ballistic missile launchers. Contradicting his personal feelings on the importance of US superiority, Nixon publicly embraced the rhetoric of arms control advocates that emphasized the importance of stability based on superpower parity and mutual assured destruction.

Changing Strategies, Technologies and Organization: The Continuing Debate on NORAD and the Strategic Defense Initiative

1986 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 751-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel J. Sokolsky
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Ballistic Missile ◽  
Strategic Defense Initiative ◽  
The Us ◽  
Strategic Defense ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe renewal of the Canada-US North American Aerospace Defence (NORAD) agreement in March 1986 will not end the debate on the relationship between NORAD and trends in American strategy, including the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). This article reviews and explains the various strains of that debate. It points out why some in Canada argue that participation in NORAD will inevitably lead to Canadian involvement in the ballistic missile defence objective of the SDI. It also notes, however, why the military and other observers are concerned that strategic and technological trends in the US may make it difficult for Canada to remain active in North American aerospace defence, and indeed, even to provide for its own air sovereignty.

scholarly journals Yesterday’s dinner, tomorrow’s weather, today’s news? US newspaper coverage of food system contributions to climate change

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1006-1014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roni A Neff ◽  
Iris L Chan ◽  
Katherine Clegg Smith
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Newspaper Coverage ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Government Responsibility ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Us ◽  
Public Health Messages

AbstractBackgroundThere is strong evidence that what we eat and how it is produced affects climate change.ObjectiveThe present paper examines coverage of food system contributions to climate change in top US newspapers.DesignUsing a sample of sixteen leading US newspapers from September 2005 to January 2008, two coders identified ‘food and climate change’ and ‘climate change’ articles based on specified criteria. Analyses examined variation across time and newspaper, the level of content relevant to food systems’ contributions to climate change, and how such content was framed.ResultsThere were 4582 ‘climate change’ articles in these newspapers during this period. Of these, 2·4 % mentioned food or agriculture contributions, with 0·4 % coded as substantially focused on the issue and 0·5 % mentioning food animal contributions. The level of content on food contributions to climate change increased across time. Articles initially addressed the issue primarily in individual terms, expanding to address business and government responsibility more in later articles.ConclusionsUS newspaper coverage of food systems’ effects on climate change during the study period increased, but still did not reflect the increasingly solid evidence of the importance of these effects. Increased coverage may lead to responses by individuals, industry and government. Based on co-benefits with nutritional public health messages and climate change’s food security threats, the public health nutrition community has an important role to play in elaborating and disseminating information about food and climate change for the US media.

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