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What is Second World

Chapter 2
Deconstructing Images of the Global South Through Media Representations and Communication
The former block of communist states, including members of the Soviet Union, as well as countries aligned with the Soviet Union.
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From the Second World to Global South?: Narratives of Tajikistan in Western Media
Ellen A. Ahlness (University of Washington, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9821-3.ch002
Abstract
Tajikistan has experienced numerous barriers to economic and political development over the past 100 years. Pressured into joining the Soviet Union, which lasted nearly 70 years, Tajikistan sank into a civil war upon achieving its independence. This resulted in numerous deaths, displacement, and infrastructural devastation. Since the conflict, Tajikistan has experienced tremendous economic growth and positive social developments; however, Western media overwhelmingly focuses on isolated incidences of violence and socioeconomic trends that casts Tajikistan in a negative light. This also creates a “horn effect” that frames the Tajik socioeconomic situation as underdeveloped and lacking freedoms. A narrative analysis of stories on Tajikistan from the United States' top 10 news outlets from 1998 to 2018 portrays unrepresentative and paternal pictures of Tajikistan's political, economic, and social developments.
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