Robert S. Leiken

Why Nicaragua Vanished

A Story of Reporters and Revolutionaries

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a closer look at the perceptions that Americans develop about foreign countries and the role the press plays in creating those perceptions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 493g
• ISBN-13: 9780742523425
• ISBN-10: 074252342X
• Artikelnr.: 21660631

Autorenporträt

Robert S. Leiken

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 An Election Stunner
Chapter 2 Nicaragua: A Test of the News
Chapter 3 Cohorts: Vietnam and the New Foreign Correspondent
Chapter 4 Media Studies
Chapter 5 An "All-American-Style Election"
Chapter 6 The "Authentic Expression of Nationalism"
Chapter 7 Shaking the Imperial Frame
Chapter 8 A New Correspondent in Nicaragua
Chapter 9 The Media Presentation of the Sandinistas, 1978-79
Chapter 10 Sandinista Popularity and the Nicaragua News Frame, 1979-89
Chapter 11 The Media Presentation of the "Contras" 1981-87
Chapter 12 The System of Stereotypes
Chapter 13 Fear and Crowds in the 1990 Campaign
Chapter 14 Polls, Press, Professors and "Americo-Centrism"
Chapter 15 Who Failed the Test?
Chapter 16 Epilogue
Chapter 17 Appendix A
Chapter 18 Appendix B
Chapter 19 Appendix C