The U.S. Press and Iran: Foreign Policy and the Journalism of DeferenceUniversity of California Press, 2023 M04 28 - 300 pages No one seriously interested in the character of public knowledge and the quality of debate over American alliances can afford to ignore the complex link between press and policy and the ways in which mainstream journalism in the U.S. portrays a Third World ally. The case of Iran offers a particularly rich view of these dynamics and suggests that the press is far from fulfilling the watchdog role assigned it in democratic theory and popular imagination. |
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... Iranian life under the shah ? To what degree did journalism contribute to the " surprise " in the United States at the 1978 revolution ? What is the role of the press in the foreign policy setting ? In what ways may economics , journal ...
... Iranian life under the shah ? To what degree did journalism contribute to the " surprise " in the United States at the 1978 revolution ? What is the role of the press in the foreign policy setting ? In what ways may economics , journal ...
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... Iran before the events of 1978 . We also discuss how journalism virtually ignored the voice of Iranian dissidents , unlike those , say , in the Soviet Union , who are listened to with great care . In this regard , Iran was no more ...
... Iran before the events of 1978 . We also discuss how journalism virtually ignored the voice of Iranian dissidents , unlike those , say , in the Soviet Union , who are listened to with great care . In this regard , Iran was no more ...
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... Iranian society by serving a half- or quarter - true stereotype . Yet no more inaccurate conclusion could be drawn by journalists or policy makers than that Iranians in revolt were not engaged in an authentic quest for freedom motivated ...
... Iranian society by serving a half- or quarter - true stereotype . Yet no more inaccurate conclusion could be drawn by journalists or policy makers than that Iranians in revolt were not engaged in an authentic quest for freedom motivated ...
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... Iran an economic and military power . Khomeini's contribution so far has been largely destructive . 4 A similar appraisal in ... Iranian revolution . Just as the rule of Robespierre and Stalin was not the goal of French and Russian rev ...
... Iran an economic and military power . Khomeini's contribution so far has been largely destructive . 4 A similar appraisal in ... Iranian revolution . Just as the rule of Robespierre and Stalin was not the goal of French and Russian rev ...
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... Iranian relations , insofar as development in the Third World , political as well as eco- nomic , may be the major foreign affairs story of our time . Our standard for judging the media's performance in Iran is based on a comparison of ...
... Iranian relations , insofar as development in the Third World , political as well as eco- nomic , may be the major foreign affairs story of our time . Our standard for judging the media's performance in Iran is based on a comparison of ...
Contents
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The Consolidation of Power 19541962 | 63 |
Modernization Myth and Media 19631973 | 82 |
Further Illusions 19631973 | 116 |
The New Persian Empire 19731977 | 131 |
The Press and the 1978 Revolution West Meets East | 152 |
Journalism as Capitalism | 183 |
The Journalism of Deference | 201 |
Conclusion | 229 |
Notes | 237 |
Index | 265 |
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