Anglo-German Press Attitudes in the Field of European Integration: 1989--2005.

摘要

British press attitudes regarding Germany are well documented in the early twentieth century and a number of assumptions generally exist about their nature. However, little has been written about attitudes in the postwar era, or about press attitudes in Germany in general. Beyond testing existing assumptions and providing new data, examining press attitudes also provides insight into a nation's psyche and how it constructs images of other nations. This thesis focuses specifically on British and German press attitudes regarding each other in the European integration process, through an examination of five national newspapers from each country. It concludes that existing assumptions about British press attitudes are generally correct, and finds that similar negative undercurrents exist in the German press. The press in each country is further shown to be engaged in constructing and maintaining negative images of the other, which provides broader insight into national attitude formation and identity construction.