American Journalism and International Relations: Foreign Correspondence from the Early Republic to the Digital Era

ISBN-13: 9781107031951 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 296 str.

Giovanna Dell'Orto

Opis

American Journalism and International Relations argues that the American press' disengagement from world affairs has critical repercussions for American foreign policy.

Recenzje

'… provides a scholarly history that not only chronicles how US journalists have covered foreign events, but also explores how this coverage has affected the foreign policy of the US and broader international affairs … an important study for audiences interested in media, international relations, and journalism … Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate, research, and professional collections.' S. B. DeMasi, Choice

Spis treści

1. Introduction: the American press and international relations; 2. A new country, a new profession: America and its foreign correspondents get ready to take on the world; 3. America takes global center stage: the ascent of a political and communication power; 4. The media are American in the American century: the apex of American political and communication power; 5. A web of disentanglements: American policy and media struggle to engage the post-Cold War world; 6. The importance of being there and making people care: the troubled present and possible futures of US foreign correspondence; 7. Conclusion: reaffirming journalism's role in world affairs.