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Authors: Robert S. Fortner
ISBN-13: 9780275935948, ISBN-10: 0275935949
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: April 1994
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: Robert S. Fortner

ROBERT S. FORTNER is Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Book Synopsis

This book examines the international radio news coverage of the four Soviet-U.S. summit meetings between 1987 and 1990, especially the radio treatments of the two superpowers, their leaders, and their perspectives.

	Illustrations
	Series Foreword
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	International Broadcasting as Public Diplomacy	17
Ch. 3	Symbolic Constructs in International Broadcasting	37
Ch. 4	The 1987 Washington Superpower Summit	55
Ch. 5	The 1988 Moscow Superpower Summit	77
Ch. 6	The 1989 Summits	113
Ch. 7	The 1990 Washington Superpower Summit	135
Ch. 8	Conclusions: Trends in News Coverage and Propaganda, 1987-1990	143
Ch. 9	Symbolic Constructs and Historical Circumstances: Effects on the Global Information Order	163
	Appendix 1 Treatment Coefficients for NSC Themes	173
	Appendix 2 Treatment Coefficients for Summit Principals and Their Countries	175
	Appendix 3 Percentage of Stories Devoted to Selected Summit Issues, by Summit and Service	179
	Appendix 4 Rank Order of Principal Superpower Summit Issues, by Summit and Focus, Based on the Total Number of Stories Filed by All Services Coded	181
	References	185
	Index	191