Testing Geographical Bias in International News Earthquake Coverage by the Western Press
In his provocative book Coups and Earthquakes, Mort Rosenblum (13) makes the case that U.S. news media distort reality in their coverage of the Third World. For a variety of reasons relating to the structure, policy, and purpose of U.S. news operations, news coverage of the developing nations, accor...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of communication 1986-04, Vol.36 (2), p.105 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In his provocative book Coups and Earthquakes, Mort Rosenblum (13) makes the case that U.S. news media distort reality in their coverage of the Third World. For a variety of reasons relating to the structure, policy, and purpose of U.S. news operations, news coverage of the developing nations, according to Rosenblum, is slanted toward "bad news," or "coups and earthquakes," as he puts it. Other critics have voiced similar concerns (e.g., 2). The call for a New World Information Order is premised in part on the contention that the Third World is discriminated... |
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| ISSN: | 0021-9916 1460-2466 |