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. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988. 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 Worl |
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... issues through textual analysis . This book should not be considered a comprehensive study of Iran since 1951. A learned examination of Iran's history , economic devel- opment , and religious orientation would be a much different kind ...
... issues through textual analysis . This book should not be considered a comprehensive study of Iran since 1951. A learned examination of Iran's history , economic devel- opment , and religious orientation would be a much different kind ...
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... issue . Even if the power does not completely reside in the White House , every president since Roosevelt has ... issues . This is not to say that foreign policy issues have replaced domestic ones or even eclipsed them in electoral ...
... issue . Even if the power does not completely reside in the White House , every president since Roosevelt has ... issues . This is not to say that foreign policy issues have replaced domestic ones or even eclipsed them in electoral ...
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... issues . Because the temporarily politicized citizen is far less well informed on foreign affairs than the typical member of the atten- tive foreign policy public , he or she is much more likely to be recep- tive to boldly nationalistic ...
... issues . Because the temporarily politicized citizen is far less well informed on foreign affairs than the typical member of the atten- tive foreign policy public , he or she is much more likely to be recep- tive to boldly nationalistic ...
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... issues . " 18 Yet , in spite of such a generous attitude toward the foreign journalists , " too often the me- dia , especially American , came with set notions of what Iran ought to be , rather than what it really was and more ...
... issues . " 18 Yet , in spite of such a generous attitude toward the foreign journalists , " too often the me- dia , especially American , came with set notions of what Iran ought to be , rather than what it really was and more ...
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... issue can have everything to do with how open and diverse any debate will be . We will argue that the press , by deferring to rather than challeng- ing the official policy consensus , played a significant part in stilling dissent ...
... issue can have everything to do with how open and diverse any debate will be . We will argue that the press , by deferring to rather than challeng- ing the official policy consensus , played a significant part in stilling dissent ...
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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