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American Journalism and International Relations

Foreign Correspondence from the Early Republic to the Digital Era

Giovanna Dell’Orto author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:30th Oct '14

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American Journalism and International Relations argues that the American press' disengagement from world affairs has critical repercussions for American foreign policy. Giovanna Dell'Orto shows that discourses created, circulated and maintained through the media mold opinions about the world and shape foreign policy parameters. This book is a history of US foreign correspondence from the 1840s to the present. Americans' perceptions of other nations, combined with pervasive and enduring understandings of the United States' role in global politics, act as constraints on policies. Dell'Orto finds that reductive media discourse (as seen during the 1967 War in the Middle East or Afghanistan in the 1980s) has a negative effect on policy, whereas correspondence grounded in events (such as during the Japanese attack on Shanghai in the 1930s or the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991) fosters effective leadership and realistic assessments.

'Dell'Orto's reflections on the past and future of international news as it relates to American democracy merit close attention by anyone interested in the evolution of the nation's worldview and in its need for substantive foreign news. This volume makes a major contribution to the study of journalism and international relations from an American perspective.' James D. Startt, American Journalism
'… 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

ISBN: 9781107448599

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm

Weight: 400g

296 pages