On perceptions of threat

[Entries from 2008 are imported from another blog] This shows the relevance of the research, although my informants, asked about perceptions of threat, seemed to be convinced that this is an entirely American thing 🙂 Europeans see China as a threat to security

Media analysis resources

[Entries from 2008 are imported from another blog] I really love the book: Allan Bell. 1991. The language of news media. Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : Blackwell. I just wish I had more time to really read it, and not scan it. It’s too detailed sometimes and presents rather common-sense facts, but I see it as a good description …

Main concerns (fieldwork)

[Entries from 2008 are imported from another blog] The main problems I’m having with the thesis are the following: How to write critically about the people who were so helpful and wasted their precious time to help me with a totally minor paper? Too few interviews, but nothing can be done about it anymore. Incomplete grasp of the field. Ideally …