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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... fact that the fundamentalists won the battle and suppressed even the most accommodating of their critics should not lead one to deny the emer- gence of a short period of noncoercive struggle for power after the fall of the shah.3 ...
... fact that the fundamentalists won the battle and suppressed even the most accommodating of their critics should not lead one to deny the emer- gence of a short period of noncoercive struggle for power after the fall of the shah.3 ...
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... fact that only one general book - length study of the press and foreign policy has been brought out by a university press . This lack of scholarship and serious attention has meant that consideration of the relationship of the press to ...
... fact that only one general book - length study of the press and foreign policy has been brought out by a university press . This lack of scholarship and serious attention has meant that consideration of the relationship of the press to ...
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... facts . " 3 The press , Lippmann wrote , plays at best a limited role , functioning like a searchlight that moves " rest- lessly about , bringing one episode and then another out of the dark- ness into vision . " His biographer , Ronald ...
... facts . " 3 The press , Lippmann wrote , plays at best a limited role , functioning like a searchlight that moves " rest- lessly about , bringing one episode and then another out of the dark- ness into vision . " His biographer , Ronald ...
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... Facts presented in the media can be converted " into politically significant feelings and attitudes " even though the facts themselves are forgot- ten . Her studies indicate that this seems to happen routinely . Profes- sor Graber has ...
... Facts presented in the media can be converted " into politically significant feelings and attitudes " even though the facts themselves are forgot- ten . Her studies indicate that this seems to happen routinely . Profes- sor Graber has ...
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... Carter's electoral misfortune , in fact , had deeper roots than the hostility or aggressiveness of the press corps . For twenty - five years , as we hope to demonstrate , the press had done 22 IRAN , THE PRESS , AND FOREIGN POLICY.
... Carter's electoral misfortune , in fact , had deeper roots than the hostility or aggressiveness of the press corps . For twenty - five years , as we hope to demonstrate , the press had done 22 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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