Foreign perceptions of the U.S. are complex and changeable, book argues

But in fact, foreign perceptions of the U.S. are complex, emotional and frequently internally contradictory, and they often change quickly, a UCLA adjunct professor of communication studies argues in a new book.

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In "American Avatar: The United States in the Global Imagination" (Potomac Books), Barry A. Sanders provides an analysis of how views of a country are formed and what can be done to alter them.
Sanders is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy. He currently serves as president of the board of commissioners of the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and as chairman of the Los Angeles Parks Foundation.