Trump and Putin in Media Mythologies. Routledge, 2025
Series: Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics
This book examines how U.S. and Russian media construct the presidential images of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin as mythologized political figures. It analyzes the narrative strategies through which media shape leadership archetypes and respond to culture-specific expectations of American and Russian audiences. Bringing together media studies, political anthropology, and myth studies, the book offers a comparative account of how contemporary political leadership is embedded in national symbolic frameworks.
Donald Trump in the Frontier Mythology, Routledge, 2023
Series: Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics
This book explores the construction of Donald Trump’s presidential media image within the logic of American frontier mythology. It traces the development of the “cowboy president” archetype from Theodore Roosevelt, examines its transformation in the imagery of Ronald Reagan, and shows how the media construction of Trump’s political persona fits within this tradition. The book also considers why Vladimir Putin appears as a recurring figure within American presidential narratives. The study is situated at the intersection of philosophical anthropology, myth studies, and media analysis.