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Download full textDowling, Ralph E. – 1990
The attention of Americans and their mass media to the lengthy hostage-taking episode known as the "Iran Hostage Crisis" was unprecedented, especially in light of the apparently limited significance of the hostage-taking as a geo-political event. A study used fantasy-theme analysis of print news coverage (news stories, editorials,…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Mass Media Effects
