Showing papers by "Peter Hays Gries published in 2015"
TL;DR: It is argued that even indirect, subconscious exposure to American celebrities via popular magazine covers shapes Chinese views of America.
Abstract: While most mainland Chinese today have extremely few direct contacts with either America or Americans, their indirect contacts with both, via globalized American popular culture, are increasing rapidly. Do daily parasocial contacts with American celebrities shape Chinese views of America? Based on two experimental studies, this paper argues that even indirect, subconscious exposure to American celebrities via popular magazine covers shapes Chinese views of America. However, the impact of that exposure depends upon both the specific nature of the bicultural exposure and the psychological predispositions of the Chinese involved. Not all Chinese are alike, and their personality differences shape whether they experience American popular culture as enriching or threatening, leading to integrative and exclusionary reactions, respectively.
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TL;DR: Mearsheimer and Walt as mentioned in this paper argued that America's virtually unqualified support for Israel was damaging the U.S. national interest and the pernicious influence of the "Israel lobby" in Washington, especially wealthy Jews and the right-wing American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Abstract: IN A SERIES OF ARTICLES AND A BOOK ON THE ISRAEL LOBBY, realist international relations theorists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt argued in 2006–2007 that America’s virtually unqualified support for Israel was damaging the U.S. national interest. “Now that the ColdWar is over, Israel has become a strategic liability for the United States,” they argue. “Washington’s close relationship with Jerusalem makes it harder, not easier, to defeat the terrorists who are now targeting the United States.” America’s disastrous Middle East policy, they further contend, is best explained by the pernicious influence of the “Israel lobby” in Washington, especially wealthy Jews and the right-wing American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Theoutraged response came fast and furious. FormerU.S.diplomats took it personally.DennisRoss,whoworkedunderPresidentsGeorgeH.W.Bush and Bill Clinton, insisted that “never in the time that I led the American negotiations on theMiddleEast peace process didwe take a stepbecause ‘the lobby’ wanted us to.” Princeton University’s Aaron Friedberg, who served
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