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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 53
Page 1
... official Washington in reporting Iranian life under the shah ? To what degree did journalism contribute to the " surprise " in the United States at the 1978 revolution ? What is the role of the press in the foreign policy setting ? In ...
... official Washington in reporting Iranian life under the shah ? To what degree did journalism contribute to the " surprise " in the United States at the 1978 revolution ? What is the role of the press in the foreign policy setting ? In ...
Page 2
... official Washington remarkably well . From these conclusions we will argue that the case of Iran offers compelling new evidence for the contention that the press , far from fulfilling the watchdog role as- signed it in democratic theory ...
... official Washington remarkably well . From these conclusions we will argue that the case of Iran offers compelling new evidence for the contention that the press , far from fulfilling the watchdog role as- signed it in democratic theory ...
Page 13
... official Washington to persist in policies that were contrary not only to the legitimate national interests of the United States in the region , but to the policy makers ' own stated objectives as well . It is not our intention here to ...
... official Washington to persist in policies that were contrary not only to the legitimate national interests of the United States in the region , but to the policy makers ' own stated objectives as well . It is not our intention here to ...
Page 20
... officials in the Carter administration . Throughout Hamilton Jordan's account of the last year of the Carter presidency , for instance , the preoccupation of the administration with how the president's actions abroad were being ...
... officials in the Carter administration . Throughout Hamilton Jordan's account of the last year of the Carter presidency , for instance , the preoccupation of the administration with how the president's actions abroad were being ...
Page 22
... official Washington's assessment of Iran . The honeymoon between president and press , at least where foreign policy is concerned , tends to last far longer than Jordan would have us believe , an argument we will make at greater length ...
... official Washington's assessment of Iran . The honeymoon between president and press , at least where foreign policy is concerned , tends to last far longer than Jordan would have us believe , an argument we will make at greater length ...
Contents
11 | |
31 | |
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 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
1978 revolution abroad According American journalists American press analysis argued August began believe Christian Science Monitor Communist correspondents Cottam coup coverage of Iran crisis critical dominant economic editorial elections elites events of 1978 evidence forces foreign affairs foreign policy headlined human rights Ibid ideology important instance interest International involvement Iran's Iranian Iranian revolution Islam January journalism journalists judgment Keddie Kennett Love Khomaini land reform liberal mainstream press majles major ment Middle East military modernization Mohammed Mossadegh Mosaddeq Mossadegh Nationalism in Iran newspaper Newsweek official opinion opposition Pahlavi Pahlavi dynasty particularly percent political popular Premier press coverage published question readers reality regime's religious reporters result revolutionary Reza role Roots of Revolution SAVAK shah Shah of Iran shah's regime significant social Soviet story Tehran Third World tion Tudeh U.S. press United Vietnam Washington Post White Revolution wrote York Zahedi