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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... Washington in reporting 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 ...
... Washington in reporting 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 ...
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... Washington remarkably well . From these conclusions we will argue that the case of Iran offers compelling new evidence for the contention that the press , far from fulfilling the watchdog role as- signed it in democratic theory or ...
... Washington remarkably well . From these conclusions we will argue that the case of Iran offers compelling new evidence for the contention that the press , far from fulfilling the watchdog role as- signed it in democratic theory or ...
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... Washington Star columnist Carl T. Rowan expressed this view in the following manner : There is something a little eerie about the mass jubilation in Iran over the departure , and apparent defeat , of the Shah of Iran . . . . For all his ...
... Washington Star columnist Carl T. Rowan expressed this view in the following manner : There is something a little eerie about the mass jubilation in Iran over the departure , and apparent defeat , of the Shah of Iran . . . . For all his ...
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... Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal , using the same critical - incident method . For 1953 and 1978 , two particularly critical years in contemporary Iranian history , we sampled other major American daily newspapers as well ...
... Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal , using the same critical - incident method . For 1953 and 1978 , two particularly critical years in contemporary Iranian history , we sampled other major American daily newspapers as well ...
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... Washington to persist in policies that were contrary not only to the legitimate national interests of the United States in the region , but to the policy makers ' own stated objectives as well . It is not our intention here to suggest a ...
... Washington to persist in policies that were contrary not only to the legitimate national interests of the United States in the region , but to the policy makers ' own stated objectives as well . It is not our intention here to suggest a ...
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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