At what point is criticism heard and acknowledged? By studying three direct public critiques of President Eisenhower and his administration, Henry Kissinger’s 1957 book Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy , Stanley Kramer’s 1959 film, On the Beach , and the writings of Drew Pears…
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This research examined the press and communication technology's role in political transitions, particularly democratization, in Nigeria in the 1990s. In the 1990s, Nigeria like several Asian, African, Eastern European and Latin American countries underwent transition programs to…
The press is the most powerful means with which to restrain the state power (Scott, 1971). However, this fact does not mean that the press is an absolutely virtuous means for any social matters, and it is supposed to observe to keep the authorities acting correctly. But, conside…
In recent years that involved the U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Qatar-based satellite TV network Al-Jazeera became both an important source of news and a controversial actor signifying a challenge to U.S. foreign policy. This cross-national study compares journalist…
The 2002 Miss World pageant scheduled to take place in Nigeria turned into a controversial event, especially after a local newspaper published a blasphemous article about the Prophet Muhammad. How this controversy was framed in the op-ed pages of eight selected Nigerian newspape…
This paper examines relationships between Arab media and several different institutions including government in general, democracy specifically, and Islam. The primary purpose of this research is to gain not only broad, but also in-depth understanding of Arab governments and the…
The role of women pioneers, who worked through the new medium of the Iranian women's press to initiate and direct reforms for women in the domains of education, dress, family law, and professional opportunities, is examined. An explanation is offered as to why these women were s…
In the summer of 1974, violence rent the island of Cyprus and resulted in its division into two ethnically homogeneous regions. After nearly a century of British colonial rule (1878-1959), Cypriots had enjoyed a brief period of independence before ideologies and intrigues brough…
On November 29, 1947 the newly established United Nations passed by a majority vote a resolution to partition Palestine into three entities: a Jewish state of Israel, an Arab state of Palestine and an International Territory of Jerusalem to remain under United Nations control. T…
This thesis examines, through a diachronic analysis, how the British and Danish press utilise national identity when constructing a representation of Muslims. Key cluster events are examined to identify media discourses over a ten-year time period between 2005 and 2015. Textual …
Amidst urbanization, immigration, industrialization, and rising crime in the United States in the 1830s–1840s, the modern conceptions of both the press and police were born. From early historical antecedents in the American colonies through the present, the news media and law en…
The queer community underwent immense challenges and victories throughout the mid to late twentieth century. One of the avenues in which the community chronicled these challenges and victories was through independent newspapers, magazines, and other varying publications. My thes…
The fight for the liberty of the press was an ongoing struggle in France since the French Revolution in 1789 and it remained a factor until July 1881, when liberal press laws were enacted by the Republican officials in charge of governing the country at the time. The press was t…
My thesis explores the reflexive and constructive roles of translation in the press, epitomized through studying translation in the press in Jordan since 1989, a year marked for democratization in Jordan. The body of translated texts, mainly 'meta-news' as exhibited in the Jorda…
This dissertation looks at the activities of the Kurdish nationalists from Turkey who were exiled in Syria and Lebanon during the period of the French mandate, and especially Jaladet and Kamuran Bedirkhan. Scions of a princely Kurdish family from the Botan region in Eastern Anat…
This dissertation examines the multifaceted relationships within the Palestinian-Israeli community and between that community and the outside world between 1948 and 1967. It argues that many Palestinian-Israeli activists, writers and intellectuals expressed dissatisfaction with …