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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... discuss — who as early as 1954 reported accurately on the nature of the shah's regime . We did this precisely to demonstrate what was " knowable " about Iran before the events of 1978 . We also discuss how journalism virtually ignored ...
... discuss — who as early as 1954 reported accurately on the nature of the shah's regime . We did this precisely to demonstrate what was " knowable " about Iran before the events of 1978 . We also discuss how journalism virtually ignored ...
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... discussion of television news , despite the arguable belief that people get most of their news from this me- dium , or the more convincingly documented assertion that network television news programs devote proportionally more attention ...
... discussion of television news , despite the arguable belief that people get most of their news from this me- dium , or the more convincingly documented assertion that network television news programs devote proportionally more attention ...
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... discussions are more often characterized by rhetoric , platitudes , cliches , and unsupported generalizations than by thoughtful analysis . In sharp contrast to the slight attention paid the relationship of the news media to foreign ...
... discussions are more often characterized by rhetoric , platitudes , cliches , and unsupported generalizations than by thoughtful analysis . In sharp contrast to the slight attention paid the relationship of the news media to foreign ...
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... discussion is that he has often been misunderstood . His normative analysis frequently has been confused with a descrip- tive one , and his ideas have been used to support the contention that the media and the public are not important ...
... discussion is that he has often been misunderstood . His normative analysis frequently has been confused with a descrip- tive one , and his ideas have been used to support the contention that the media and the public are not important ...
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... discussion , in that they would appear to have a remarkable political shelf - life , which is to say that they were as prevalent in the popular press and Washington in 1978 as when first voiced in 1952. " If left to ' work out their own ...
... discussion , in that they would appear to have a remarkable political shelf - life , which is to say that they were as prevalent in the popular press and Washington in 1978 as when first voiced in 1952. " If left to ' work out their own ...
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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