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" News Media Coverage and Source Selection in U.S. Foreign Policy Debates: The Case of Iran Deal "
Mehrnaz Khanjani
Semati, Mehdi
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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804599
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TL49433
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1918214455; 10267514
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Askar, Anas
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News Media Coverage and Source Selection in U.S. Foreign Policy Debates: The Case of Iran Deal\ Mehrnaz KhanjaniSemati, Mehdi
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Northern Illinois University
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2017
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M.A.
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Communication
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2017
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57
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Committee members: Cassidy, Bill; Henningsen, Mary Lynn
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-88659-7
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This research examines the American news coverage of the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West, known as Iran deal, in broadcast news programs of ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, using “indexing” theory as its theoretical framework. Previous research has shown that the debate surrounding foreign policy issues are indexed based on the range of debates in Washington, D.C. The results showed that Iran deal debate in the news coverage of broadcast channels tended to index based on the position of officials within the government, notably congressional and executive branch sources. The coverage included debates that involved both consensus and conflict among elites in the executive branch and the United States congress. The congressional sources were the most dominant source before the deal and the overall frequency of negative statements exceeded the positive ones. Furthermore, the results indicate strong evidence of power indexing in the coverage of this issue. The significant presence of Israel as a source of opposition before the deal, and the prevalence of presidential candidates as an oppositional source in the after deal period both corroborated the notion of power indexing in the media coverage.
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Journalism; Communication; International Relations
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Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Broadcast television;Indexing theory;Iran deal;Power indexing;Source selection
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Semati, Mehdi
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CommunicationNorthern Illinois University
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