Olena Leipnik holds a doctorate degree in philosophical anthropology and philosophy of culture. She is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University, USA.

• Preface Introduction Part 1: Nationhood, Presidency, MythChapter 1. National mythology and the meanings of presidencyChapter 2. Delivering the presidential messageChapter 3. The synchronizing power of myth Part 2: The Memo’s Imprint Chapter 4. The Technology of storytellingChapter 5. News as mythChapter 6. One Stage, Two Heroes, Three Scripts: Media Construction of Trump–Putin relations Part 3: Culture-specific Presidential Imagery Chapter 7. Culture-specific targeting of the electorate: myth and fairy taleChapter 8. Temporal dimension of heroic chronotopesChapter 9. Spatial axes of power Index

Olena Leipnik holds a doctorate degree in philosophical anthropology and philosophy of culture. She is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University, USA.

• Preface Introduction Part 1: Nationhood, Presidency, MythChapter 1. National mythology and the meanings of presidencyChapter 2. Delivering the presidential messageChapter 3. The synchronizing power of myth Part 2: The Memo’s Imprint Chapter 4. The Technology of storytellingChapter 5. News as mythChapter 6. One Stage, Two Heroes, Three Scripts: Media Construction of Trump–Putin relations Part 3: Culture-specific Presidential Imagery Chapter 7. Culture-specific targeting of the electorate: myth and fairy taleChapter 8. Temporal dimension of heroic chronotopesChapter 9. Spatial axes of power Index

Olena Leipnik holds a doctorate degree in philosophical anthropology and philosophy of culture. She is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University, USA.

• Preface Introduction Part 1: Nationhood, Presidency, MythChapter 1. National mythology and the meanings of presidencyChapter 2. Delivering the presidential messageChapter 3. The synchronizing power of myth Part 2: The Memo’s Imprint Chapter 4. The Technology of storytellingChapter 5. News as mythChapter 6. One Stage, Two Heroes, Three Scripts: Media Construction of Trump–Putin relations Part 3: Culture-specific Presidential Imagery Chapter 7. Culture-specific targeting of the electorate: myth and fairy taleChapter 8. Temporal dimension of heroic chronotopesChapter 9. Spatial axes of power Index