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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... largely of students and other middle - class opponents of the shah . However , as the vulnerability of the regime became more apparent , the urban poor began to join the demonstrations in ever - increasing number . By September 1978 the ...
... largely of students and other middle - class opponents of the shah . However , as the vulnerability of the regime became more apparent , the urban poor began to join the demonstrations in ever - increasing number . By September 1978 the ...
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... largely destructive . 4 A similar appraisal in Business Week in February 1979 argued , " It is not hard to posit a ' worst possible ' scenario should Khomeini take over . Khomeini's obscurantist religious pronouncements , his anti ...
... largely destructive . 4 A similar appraisal in Business Week in February 1979 argued , " It is not hard to posit a ' worst possible ' scenario should Khomeini take over . Khomeini's obscurantist religious pronouncements , his anti ...
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... largely on this literature . But our main contention is that subjective factors are at work of which reporters are largely unaware , and therefore , formal interviews would have yielded little for our specific purposes . Essentially ...
... largely on this literature . But our main contention is that subjective factors are at work of which reporters are largely unaware , and therefore , formal interviews would have yielded little for our specific purposes . Essentially ...
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... largely escaping the critical atten- tion of the U.S. press . The third period , from 1963 to 1973 , was the time of the shah's modernization program , which received largely favorable comment in the U.S. press . The fourth period ...
... largely escaping the critical atten- tion of the U.S. press . The third period , from 1963 to 1973 , was the time of the shah's modernization program , which received largely favorable comment in the U.S. press . The fourth period ...
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... largely on the ques- tion of oil , and the new majles voted in the spring of 1951 to nation- alize Iran's oil . Mosaddeq became premier soon after . A close examination of American press coverage for the period from 1951 to 1953 ...
... largely on the ques- tion of oil , and the new majles voted in the spring of 1951 to nation- alize Iran's oil . Mosaddeq became premier soon after . A close examination of American press coverage for the period from 1951 to 1953 ...
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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