Public Diplomacy and International Politics - The Symbolic Constructs of Summits and International Radio News

List of contents

Introduction
International Broadcasting as Public Diplomacy
Symbolic Constructs in International Broadcasting
The 1987 Washington Superpower Summit
The 1988 Moscow Superpower Summit
The 1989 Summits
The 1990 Washington Superpower Summit
Conclusions: Trends in News Coverage and Propaganda, 1987-1990
Symbolic Constructs and Historical Circumstances: Effects on the Global Information Order
Appendix 1: Treatment Coefficients for NSC Themes
Appendix 2: Treatment Coefficients for Summit Principals and Their Countries
Appendix 3: Percentage of Stories Devoted to Selected Summit Issues, by Summit and Service
Appendix 4: Rank Order of Principal Superpower Summit Issues,
References
Index

About the author

ROBERT S. FORTNER is Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has also written International Communication: History, Conflict, and Control of the Global Metropolis (1993). He has taught at Northwestern University, Drake University, the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and The George Washington University, where he was founding chair of the Department of Communication. He has done international research for the BBC, VOA, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and has served as a panel member on VOA satellite broadcasting for the National Research Council.

Product details

• Authors: Robert S. Fortner, Fortner Robert S.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.1994
• EAN: 9780275935948
• ISBN: 978-0-275-93594-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 539 g
• Series: Praeger Series in Political Communication
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; Radio, USA, Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Radio / General, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, Radio / Podcasts, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, Politics, Law, and Government