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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... matters of style and argument . Julie Kniseley and Thea Wares provided research assistance at a critical moment in the writing of the book . Their contribution was indispensable . Fergel Ringrose and John Hoffman also helped in this ...
... matters of style and argument . Julie Kniseley and Thea Wares provided research assistance at a critical moment in the writing of the book . Their contribution was indispensable . Fergel Ringrose and John Hoffman also helped in this ...
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... matter . This was an assumption shaped and reinforced by the foreign policy establishment and was given credence by highly West - centered preconceptions and an inter- nalized cold - war - oriented ideology . Implicit in such an ...
... matter . This was an assumption shaped and reinforced by the foreign policy establishment and was given credence by highly West - centered preconceptions and an inter- nalized cold - war - oriented ideology . Implicit in such an ...
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... matter , finally , whether the press misinformed the American public about U.S. - Iran relations if the press and public opinion are not significant factors in the making or carrying out of foreign policy ? The argument that the media ...
... matter , finally , whether the press misinformed the American public about U.S. - Iran relations if the press and public opinion are not significant factors in the making or carrying out of foreign policy ? The argument that the media ...
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... A careful reading of Lippmann , we think , does not support the conclusion that he believed that the press had no effect or that public opinion did not matter . On the contrary IRAN , THE PRESS , AND FOREIGN POLICY 15.
... A careful reading of Lippmann , we think , does not support the conclusion that he believed that the press had no effect or that public opinion did not matter . On the contrary IRAN , THE PRESS , AND FOREIGN POLICY 15.
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... matter . On the contrary , he was proposing a normative alternative to a flawed system that in his view was pro- ducing the wrong effects . Indeed , Lippmann's plea was for the citizen to defer to specially trained elites . That such ...
... matter . On the contrary , he was proposing a normative alternative to a flawed system that in his view was pro- ducing the wrong effects . Indeed , Lippmann's plea was for the citizen to defer to specially trained elites . That such ...
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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