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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... reality , it would be a grave mistake to conclude that fanaticism and antimodernism were the motive forces behind the Iranian revolution . Just as the rule of Robespierre and Stalin was not the goal of French and Russian rev ...
... reality , it would be a grave mistake to conclude that fanaticism and antimodernism were the motive forces behind the Iranian revolution . Just as the rule of Robespierre and Stalin was not the goal of French and Russian rev ...
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... reality that result from journalistic decision making about what information to include in a news story , what language to use , what authorities to cite , which nuance to emphasize , and so on . In short , frames are the contexts in ...
... reality that result from journalistic decision making about what information to include in a news story , what language to use , what authorities to cite , which nuance to emphasize , and so on . In short , frames are the contexts in ...
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... reality with what there was to be known . Such an examination , we believe , combined with an analysis of how and why the press operates as it does in the foreign policy arena , has implications that go far beyond U.S. - Iranian ...
... reality with what there was to be known . Such an examination , we believe , combined with an analysis of how and why the press operates as it does in the foreign policy arena , has implications that go far beyond U.S. - Iranian ...
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... reality that while the press is usually quies- cent on strategic matters and is willing to go along with official Washington's foreign policy consensus , the news media on occasion can be exceedingly tough with a president on matters ...
... reality that while the press is usually quies- cent on strategic matters and is willing to go along with official Washington's foreign policy consensus , the news media on occasion can be exceedingly tough with a president on matters ...
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... reality of press behavior than did the shah . In sum , the relationship between Zahedi's " gifts " and journalists was far more subtle than the notion of bribery suggests . The gifts perhaps can best be understood as Zahedi's way of ...
... reality of press behavior than did the shah . In sum , the relationship between Zahedi's " gifts " and journalists was far more subtle than the notion of bribery suggests . The gifts perhaps can best be understood as Zahedi's way of ...
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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