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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... covered a client state over so long a period of time . Moreover , in our view , the relationship of the United States ... coverage of Iran by the prestige mainstream print media , our major findings are these : ( 1 ) The American news ...
... covered a client state over so long a period of time . Moreover , in our view , the relationship of the United States ... coverage of Iran by the prestige mainstream print media , our major findings are these : ( 1 ) The American news ...
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... coverage by the country's two major wire services , United Press International and Associated Press . We also sampled the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal , using the same critical - incident method . For 1953 and 1978 , two ...
... coverage by the country's two major wire services , United Press International and Associated Press . We also sampled the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal , using the same critical - incident method . For 1953 and 1978 , two ...
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... coverage during the period we undertook to study . With one notable exception in chapter 2 , we do not include the views of individual correspondents . This book does not intend to duplicate what has already been done . The conventional ...
... coverage during the period we undertook to study . With one notable exception in chapter 2 , we do not include the views of individual correspondents . This book does not intend to duplicate what has already been done . The conventional ...
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... coverage of periodic wars and guerrilla forays . To be sure , sufficient attention had been paid the Middle East in the news media and popular arts , so that Americans hold many stereotypes about the region : harems , belly dancing ...
... coverage of periodic wars and guerrilla forays . To be sure , sufficient attention had been paid the Middle East in the news media and popular arts , so that Americans hold many stereotypes about the region : harems , belly dancing ...
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... press under American democratic theory , the U.S. news media's coverage of Iran contributed little to the public's authentic understanding of that country . Instead , as a result 12 IRAN , THE PRESS , AND FOREIGN POLICY.
... press under American democratic theory , the U.S. news media's coverage of Iran contributed little to the public's authentic understanding of that country . Instead , as a result 12 IRAN , THE PRESS , AND FOREIGN POLICY.
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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