Paul C Adams is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

• Contents: Preface; The international echo chamber; Geopolitical representation and its contexts; France-US relations and the 2004 election; Scholarly debate : the emerging motif of counterbalance; Newspaper reporting: restraint and balance; Television: plumbing the depths of l'Am que profonde; Internet: ideal speech situation or babble?; Quel rapprochement?; References; Index.

Paul C Adams is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

• Contents: Preface; The international echo chamber; Geopolitical representation and its contexts; France-US relations and the 2004 election; Scholarly debate : the emerging motif of counterbalance; Newspaper reporting: restraint and balance; Television: plumbing the depths of l'Am que profonde; Internet: ideal speech situation or babble?; Quel rapprochement?; References; Index.