The weekly war : newsmagazines and Vietnam

The Resource The weekly war : newsmagazines and Vietnam
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The weekly war : newsmagazines and Vietnam
Title remainder
newsmagazines and Vietnam
Statement of responsibility
James Landers
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"In The Weekly War, James Landers provides the first in-depth investigation of how the three major newsmagazines - Newsweek, Time, and U.S. News & World Report - covered the Vietnam War and the impact their coverage had on the American public, presidents, and policymakers. From March 1965 through January 1973 these magazines reached nearly one-third of adult Americans - second only to news programs on network television. Despite the popular impression that this was primarily a "television war," the newsmagazines played a prominent role in informing the public about warfare and war policy." "Each magazine had its own niche and distinct editorial style : Newsweek provided a mainstream liberal perspective, while Time took a more conservative viewpoint and U.S. News & World Report had an ultraconservative outlook. The editors of each magazine aimed to reach like-minded readers, knowing full well that a reader who disliked one magazine could simply switch to another. Landers demonstrates how public-opinion shifts during the war forced the newsmagazines, especially Time, to change too." "This book reflects a thorough examination of roughly nine hundred articles on the Vietnam War published by the three major newsmagazines. Landers also gathered documents from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Richard M. Nixon Presidential Materials Project to reveal the attention paid to the newsmagazines by presidents and policymakers and their attempts to influence or manipulate coverage." "In addition to making a major contribution to the history of print journalism, The Weekly War complements scholarship on television news coverage of the Vietnam War. This volume will appeal to students and teachers of history and journalism, as well as the general reader interested in a unique view of the Vietnam War."--Jacket
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Action
digitized
Cataloging source
OCLCE
Dewey number
070.4/499597043
Government publication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
LC call number
DS559.46
LC item number
.L36 2004
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography

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