Headline Diplomacy: How News Coverage Affects Foreign Policy

by Philip Seib

Book Overview

Seib explores the many ways in which news coverage shapes the design and implementation of foreign policy. By influencing the political attitudes of opinion-shaping elites and the public at large, the news media can profoundly affect the conduct of foreign policy. Seib's text analyzes important examples of press influence on foreign affairs: the news media's definition of success and failure, as in reporting the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam; how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275953742
• ISBN13: 9780275953744
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

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As a self-proclaimed student of how the media impacts decision-making, particularly in political and military matters, I found this book worthwhile and interesting. Although the perspective it offers isn't particularly new, the historical examples offer many insights into the crises America has faced over the past decades and the important role the media has played in them. There are many examples in this book that I haven't seen addressed anywhere else. It really expanded my interest a variety of historical events from our recent past that illuminate how media has impacted political decisions and, at times, been manipulated to assert foreign policy. This is a book you might find a bit dry at the beginning, but by the third chapter, I was thoroughly enjoying it. Great book for anybody who's interested in government and needs a better understanding of its complex relationship with the media.