Global Media and Strategic Narratives of Contested Democracy

Robert S. Hinck is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Monmouth College. His expertise is in rhetoric, strategic narrative, and political communication.Skye S. Cooley is an assistant professor in the School of Media and Strategic Communications at Oklahoma State University. His research centers on Russian political communication, global media and digital democracy, as well as developing and testing platforms for civic deliberation online.Randolph Kluver is the Dean of the School of Global Studies and Partnerships at Oklahoma State University. He has published widely in the fields of new media, Asian politics, the internet in Asian societies, public diplomacy, and international communication.

• 1. Strategic Narratives of the 2016 US Presidential Election: Contestations of US, Chinese, Arab, and Russian Soft Power Constructions 2. Research Design: Measuring Narratives within Local Media Ecologies 3. Illegitimacy of US Democracy and Declining US Influence: Juxtaposing Chinese Success Among US Failures within Chinese Media Coverage of the US Election 4. Arab Views of the US Election: Culturally-Positive and Politically-Negative Depictions of US Democracy By Natalie Khazaal and Robert Hinck 5. The Crumbling Facade of US Democracy: Russian Resurgence Amidst US Moral Decay within Russian Media Coverage of the US Election 6. Compelling Narratives and the Implications on US Soft Power and the Global Order: Comparative Analysis of Chinese, Arab, and Russian Narratives of the US Election

"Taken altogether, the book stands out as a model for adopting a much-needed global, reflective mind-set in scholarly research in the field of Communication that has traditionally centered around North America and Western Europe."Min Jiang, Global Media and China