American journalism and international relations : foreign correspondence from the early republic to the digital era /

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Author / Creator:Dell'Orto, Giovanna, 1977-
Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Description:viii, 287 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9127114
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ISBN:9781107031951 (hardback)
1107031958 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index.
Summary:"American Journalism and International Relations argues that the American press' disengagement from world affairs has critical repercussions for American foreign policy"--
Table of Contents:
  • 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 U.S. foreign correspondence
  • 7. Conclusion: reaffirming journalism's role in world affairs.