Reporting a Revolution: The Iranian Revolution and the NIICO Debate

While current media relies heavily on the national government's foreign policymakers, this book stresses the need for countries to depend more on news managers and information processors at all levels of government--local, national, and international. This book will be important reading for both academics and professionals in communication, media studies, and journalism, politics, and Middle East studies. Reporting a Revolution studies the patterns of selection and presentation of news relating to the Iranian Revolution in newspapers of two culturally and geographically distant countries--India and the United States. The study has been conducted in the light of the great debate on the New International Information and Communication Order (NIICO). It pays due attention to the influence of the foreign policies of the two countries on the inclusion and omission about a revolution of long-lasting international importance. "The author has succeeded in scientifically handling a tough subject and presenting unchallengable conclusions. . . . An excellent contribution in the area of communication research in general and international communication in particular." --Communicator "What is impressive about this book is its relevance to a much broader and more important subject--the debate on the New International Information and Communication Order (NIICO). Further, the comparative data presented make the book an especially important contribution to research on international communication in general and on news media and foreign policy in particular. . . . This book provides what it promises: a well-thought-out, well researched, and well-documented evaluation. . . . A welcome and valuable contribution to the literature." --Journal of Communication "A valuable study. . .useful for insights into the application of content analysis methodology." --International Journal