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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 61
Page 2
... analysis have implications that go far beyond a case study of Iran , for there has been no apparent reduction in American involve- ment abroad in relationships quite similar to the one with the shah . Our treatment of the question of ...
... analysis have implications that go far beyond a case study of Iran , for there has been no apparent reduction in American involve- ment abroad in relationships quite similar to the one with the shah . Our treatment of the question of ...
Page 6
... politics in France . To minimize the possibility of an impressionistic sampling as the basis for our analysis , we examined , categorized , and analyzed everything printed about Iran from 1951 to 1978 in the 6 INTRODUCTION.
... politics in France . To minimize the possibility of an impressionistic sampling as the basis for our analysis , we examined , categorized , and analyzed everything printed about Iran from 1951 to 1978 in the 6 INTRODUCTION.
Page 7
... analysis may be , we are convinced that a useful examination of today's press performance in many im- portant ways is dependent on an appreciation and a consideration of journalistic nuance , tone , emphasis , and context — none of ...
... analysis may be , we are convinced that a useful examination of today's press performance in many im- portant ways is dependent on an appreciation and a consideration of journalistic nuance , tone , emphasis , and context — none of ...
Page 8
... analysis . 12 As we use the term , frames are simply constructions of social reality that result from journalistic decision making about what information to include in a news story , what language to use , what authorities to cite ...
... analysis . 12 As we use the term , frames are simply constructions of social reality that result from journalistic decision making about what information to include in a news story , what language to use , what authorities to cite ...
Page 12
... analysis of how and why the press operates as it does in the foreign policy arena , has implications that go far beyond U.S. - Iranian relations , insofar as development in the Third World , political as well as eco- nomic , may be the ...
... analysis of how and why the press operates as it does in the foreign policy arena , has implications that go far beyond U.S. - Iranian relations , insofar as development in the Third World , political as well as eco- nomic , may be the ...
Contents
11 | |
31 | |
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 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
1978 revolution abroad According American journalists American press analysis argued August began believe Christian Science Monitor Communist correspondents Cottam coup coverage of Iran crisis critical dominant economic editorial elections elites events of 1978 evidence forces foreign affairs foreign policy headlined human rights Ibid ideology important instance interest International involvement Iran's Iranian Iranian revolution Islam January journalism journalists judgment Keddie Kennett Love Khomaini land reform liberal mainstream press majles major ment Middle East military modernization Mohammed Mossadegh Mosaddeq Mossadegh Nationalism in Iran newspaper Newsweek official opinion opposition Pahlavi Pahlavi dynasty particularly percent political popular Premier press coverage published question readers reality regime's religious reporters result revolutionary Reza role Roots of Revolution SAVAK shah Shah of Iran shah's regime significant social Soviet story Tehran Third World tion Tudeh U.S. press United Vietnam Washington Post White Revolution wrote York Zahedi