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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... story , what language to use , what authorities to cite , which nuance to emphasize , and so on . In short , frames are the contexts in which news occurrences are placed by reporters , and we believe that these frames are susceptible to ...
... story , what language to use , what authorities to cite , which nuance to emphasize , and so on . In short , frames are the contexts in which news occurrences are placed by reporters , and we believe that these frames are susceptible to ...
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... story of our time . Our standard for judging the media's performance in Iran is based on a comparison of what the press said was going on with what was reasonably knowable at the time . We believe that this standard is a fair one in ...
... story of our time . Our standard for judging the media's performance in Iran is based on a comparison of what the press said was going on with what was reasonably knowable at the time . We believe that this standard is a fair one in ...
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... stories and other information , are likely to have a more pro- found impact on political thinking than the specific facts that are remembered only vaguely . " If the frame provided the public by the media coincides with the ...
... stories and other information , are likely to have a more pro- found impact on political thinking than the specific facts that are remembered only vaguely . " If the frame provided the public by the media coincides with the ...
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... stories about the Presidential election the next day but with a commemoration of the anniversary of the captivity . . . . Rather than drawing the contrasts between the two men who wanted to be President , the news was a strong reminder ...
... stories about the Presidential election the next day but with a commemoration of the anniversary of the captivity . . . . Rather than drawing the contrasts between the two men who wanted to be President , the news was a strong reminder ...
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... story as a fable , which began : Once upon a time , in a mountainous land between Baghdad and the Sea of Caviar , there lived a nobleman . This nobleman , after a lifetime of carping at the way the kingdom was run , 36 MOSADDEQ AND THE ...
... story as a fable , which began : Once upon a time , in a mountainous land between Baghdad and the Sea of Caviar , there lived a nobleman . This nobleman , after a lifetime of carping at the way the kingdom was run , 36 MOSADDEQ AND THE ...
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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