Global Media Perspectives on the Crisis in Panama

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4094-2949-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 637 g

Operation Just Cause, the United States' incursion into Panama, was the culmination of a gradually escalating confrontation between the United States and the Noriega dominated government of Panama that extended from June, 1987 until early January, 1990. Applying diverse methodological approaches, this volume examines the various ways representative examples of the global media covered the developing crisis and the eventual US incursion into Panama. The volume: - sets the stage for this analysis by delineating the chronological development of the escalating confrontation, as well as by examining the confrontation from the perspective of the US government - analyzes the crisis from the perspective of the US, Soviet, Canadian, French, Portuguese, Arab, and the People's Republic of China media - exposes the challenges for public affairs officers operating within the context of the global media response to international crises, and provides an assessment of the implications of the crisis for inter-American and international relations. This analysis and evaluation of a variety of global media perspectives on the escalating US-Panamanian confrontation will serve to better illuminate and further enrich our understanding of a major international event - indeed, one of the final events of the Cold War era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michaud, Nelson

Hensel, Howard M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figure and Tables, List of Contributors, Foreword, Introduction, Part I: The Context, 1. Ousting Noriega from Power: Setting the Stage for a Crisis, Part II: US Perspectives, 2. The Rationale for War: Operation Just Cause, 3. American Newspaper Coverage of the US Invasion of Panama: Neither Cheerleaders nor Critics but a Little Bit of Both, Part III: Soviet Perspectives, 4. Soviet Media Perspectives on the Crisis in Panama, 1987–1990: A Case Study of the Application of Propaganda Techniques, Part IV: Western Perspectives, 5. Canada and the Invasion of Panama: Perceptions of the Print Media, 6. The Manhunt for the Narco-Tyrant or the Panama Invasion in the French Press, 7. Just Cause? Portuguese Media Portrayal of the US Intervention in Panama, Part V: Non-Western Perspectives, 8. The Panama Crisis in the Arabic Media: The Internationalization of Fears and Grievances, 9. The American Invasion of Panama in the Chinese Media, Conclusions: The Crisis in Panama and the US Response, 10. Global Media Engagement: Lessons From Operation Just Cause, 11. An Assessment of the Implications of Operation Just Cause for Inter-American and International Relations, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Howard M. Hensel, Air War College, USA and Nelson Michaud, École nationale d'administration publique, Canada