News and Dissent: The Press and the Politics of Peace in Canada (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780893918156)

This volume centers on a critical examination of press coverage of peace-related issues and of the relationships between newspaper journalism and the peace movement in Canada in the 1980s. The chapters deal respectively with the following topics: the relevance and impact of news media in relation to both international peace, and the emergence and success of antiwar movements; a critical review of previous research on the relation between media and antiwar movements; an extensive explanation of the nature of news; an overview of Canada's news media system; the political/discursive context of news concerning peace and defense; several case studies of relevant press coverage; a discussion of how open the news is to the expression of antiwar sentiment; and an epilogue considering whether the end of the Cold War has fundamentally changed the nature of North American media coverage of war and peace issues.

Author: Robert A. Hackett
ISBN-10: 0893918156
ISBN-13: 9780893918156
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1991
Pages: 334
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.70d