United State's Media Policy against Russia; The New Cold War and Russophobia's Revival in Hollywood Movies

During the Cold War, the United States supremacy in cultural productions, especially in the form of Hollywood cinema was used in media warfare against Russia. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the focus of America's media war on Communism changed to Islam and the Middle East. So the trend intensified after 9/11, and a wave of cultural products was produced in with Islamphobia content. But by the expansion of Russia's power and the formation of new balance of power in some parts of the world wich is considered as the New Cold War, it seems that the US media war against the Russia is re-emerging. This article attempts to answer the question of whether the US- Russia foreign relations changing had an impact on US media policy against Russia? The results of the research indicate that, in response to expansion of Russia's power, the American media policy especially Hollywood films are fluctuating toward the spread of russophobia after a period of focus on Islamophobia and representation against the Middle East and Muslims.