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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... Middle East , U.S. relations with developing nations , or any combination of these 1 Introduction.
... Middle East , U.S. relations with developing nations , or any combination of these 1 Introduction.
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... Middle East , Africa , and Asia in which the United States now finds itself involved or is likely to in the future . In brief , based on an extensive study of twenty - five years of press coverage of Iran by the prestige mainstream ...
... Middle East , Africa , and Asia in which the United States now finds itself involved or is likely to in the future . In brief , based on an extensive study of twenty - five years of press coverage of Iran by the prestige mainstream ...
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... Middle East . Certainly many Americans knew of the Arab - Israeli strife and had come to hold strong beliefs about oil - producing countries in the region following the 1973 embargo . But beyond these emotionally charged subjects there ...
... Middle East . Certainly many Americans knew of the Arab - Israeli strife and had come to hold strong beliefs about oil - producing countries in the region following the 1973 embargo . But beyond these emotionally charged subjects there ...
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... Middle East . " He's a friend for a zillion years and I would expect to be on the list , " Swinton has said , " and I sent him birthday gifts over the years , too . " Swinton added that he stopped accepting the ambassador's gifts in ...
... Middle East . " He's a friend for a zillion years and I would expect to be on the list , " Swinton has said , " and I sent him birthday gifts over the years , too . " Swinton added that he stopped accepting the ambassador's gifts in ...
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... Middle East Supply Center . And from 1942 to 1945 the United States Army was in charge of the Trans - Iranian Railway and controlled the southern parts of Iran to get urgently required materiel to the Russians at the Eastern Front . Too ...
... Middle East Supply Center . And from 1942 to 1945 the United States Army was in charge of the Trans - Iranian Railway and controlled the southern parts of Iran to get urgently required materiel to the Russians at the Eastern Front . Too ...
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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