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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... , far from fulfilling the watchdog role as- signed it in democratic theory or popular imagination , is deferential rather than adversative in the foreign policy arena . The central failure of the press in the case of 2 INTRODUCTION.
... , far from fulfilling the watchdog role as- signed it in democratic theory or popular imagination , is deferential rather than adversative in the foreign policy arena . The central failure of the press in the case of 2 INTRODUCTION.
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... popular in history . It united all classes and most political factions . During the first six months of 1978 the antigovernment demonstrations were composed largely of students and other middle - class opponents of the shah . However ...
... popular in history . It united all classes and most political factions . During the first six months of 1978 the antigovernment demonstrations were composed largely of students and other middle - class opponents of the shah . However ...
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... popular revolutionary movement in ad- vance . For history shows that revolutions , like hurricanes , do not follow predictable courses . Thus to search for the complex causes of a successful revolt in the excesses of postrevolutionary ...
... popular revolutionary movement in ad- vance . For history shows that revolutions , like hurricanes , do not follow predictable courses . Thus to search for the complex causes of a successful revolt in the excesses of postrevolutionary ...
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... popular arts , so that Americans hold many stereotypes about the region : harems , belly dancing , cruel punish- ments , lavish sheiks , oil , feudal governments , and so on for the Arab part , while the Israelis , generally , have come ...
... popular arts , so that Americans hold many stereotypes about the region : harems , belly dancing , cruel punish- ments , lavish sheiks , oil , feudal governments , and so on for the Arab part , while the Israelis , generally , have come ...
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... popular concern about the war was aroused only after 1968 , when the point of deep American involvement had long passed . Whatever the explanation , the president usually is allowed to do things with foreign policy that he would never ...
... popular concern about the war was aroused only after 1968 , when the point of deep American involvement had long passed . Whatever the explanation , the president usually is allowed to do things with foreign policy that he would never ...
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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