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Degree

Master of Arts, Miami University, Political Science, 2012.

Abstract

The Nabucco and South Stream gas pipeline projects and the two coalitions promoting them are in a political competition. In this political rivarly, the media has been playing a crucial role. Media is the best way to secure influence over public opinion and this factor becomes extremely important in an era when public opinion plays an increasingly important role in international relations. In this paper, content analysis of two major newspapers, Russian Vedomosti and British The Financial Times, was done in order to analyze how the two coalitions are trying to manage media coverage. As a result, it has been identified that messaging, reporting about “major breakthroughs,” and leaks to the press were all used as tools to influence public opinion.

Subject Headings

Asian Studies; Communication; Comparative; East European Studies; Energy; International Relations; Journalism; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Political Science

Keywords

Nabucco; South Stream; Russia; Vedomosti; Financial Times; Media; content analysis; gas pipeline

Committee / Advisors

Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, PhD (Advisor)
Ora John Reuter, PhD (Committee Member)
Christopher Kelley, PhD (Committee Member)

Pages

29p.

Document number: miami1344009510
Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1344009510

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