Coverage of Iraq War leaks by Russian & Indian Media with respect to Russia-US-UK and India-US-UK relations

Download or read book Coverage of Iraq War leaks by Russian & Indian Media with respect to Russia-US-UK and India-US-UK relations written by Shamim Zakaria and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Communications - Multimedia, Internet, New Technologies, University of Sussex, course: International Journalism, language: English, abstract: The following essay is an analysis of how the Iraq War leaks published by Wikileaks was reported by the media in Russia and India in-terms of the relationship both these countries share with the United States and the United Kingdom. The essay also analyses if diplomatic relations had any impact on the content of reportage. It begins by giving a brief explanation of what is Wikileaks, then it goes on to put forward snippets of the 2003 Iraq invasion and how the event was portrayed by the media in India and Russia. Thereafter, light has been thrown on the India-UK-US and Russia-UK-US relations, finally followed by an analysis of the news coverage. While looking at the diplomatic relations, the past terms and the present scenario of the bilateral relations has also been looked upon. For the purpose of analysis only stories appearing in newspaper and news portals are being scrutinized. Both while looking at the coverage of 2003 Iraq invasion and Iraq war leaks, a total of three news stories appearing in three different newspapers/portals has been analyzed. Also, columns and articles penned by political analysts has been looked upon to get a wider purview of the bilateral relations of the countries.