Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 278 g
Media Coverage of U.S. Intervention in the Post-Vietnam Era
Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 278 g
ISBN: 978-0-691-00534-8
Verlag: Princeton University Press
The First Amendment ideal of an independent press allows American journalists to present critical perspectives on government policies and actions; but are the media independent of government in practice? Here Jonathan Mermin demonstrates that when it comes to military intervention, journalists over the past two decades have let the government itself set the terms and boundaries of foreign policy debate in the news. Analyzing newspaper and television reporting of U.S. intervention in Grenada and Panama, the bombing of Libya, the Gulf War, and U.S. actions in Somalia and Haiti, he shows that if there is no debate over U.S. policy in Washington, there is no debate in the news. Journalists often criticize the execution of U.S. policy, but fail to offer critical analysis of the policy itself if actors inside the government have not challenged it. Mermin ultimately offers concrete evidence of outside-Washington perspectives that could have been reported in specific cases, and explains how the press could increase its independence of Washington in reporting foreign policy news.The author constructs a new framework for thinking about press-government relations, based on the observation that bipartisan support for U.S. intervention is often best interpreted as a political phenomenon, not as evidence of the wisdom of U.S. policy. Journalists should remember that domestic political factors often influence foreign policy debate. The media, Mermin argues, should not see a Washington consensus as justification for downplaying critical perspectives.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Design Grafikdesign, Kommunikationsdesign
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Fernsehen & Rundfunk
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medientheorie, Medienanalyse
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
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- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medienphilosophie, Medienethik, Medienrecht
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medien & Gesellschaft, Medienwirkungsforschung
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Tables ix Preface xi ONE Introduction 3 TWO The Spectrum of Debate in the News 17 THREE Grenada and Panama 36 FOUR The Buildup to the Gulf War 66 FIVE The Rule and Some Exceptions 100 SIX Television News and the Foreign-Policy Agenda 120 SEVEN Conclusion 143 Appendix 154 Index 157
