Reporting a Revolution The Iranian Revolution and the Niico Debate

The author studies the patterns of selection and presentation of news relating to the Iranian Revolution in the newspapers of India and the USA in the light of the great debate on the New International Information and Communication Order (NIICO). Exposing the media's strong reliance on official sources which perceive events from the perspective of their respective national government's foreign policy makers, this book stresses the need for the media of developed as well as developing countries to re-assert their independence from news managers and information manipulators at the national, international and governmental levels.Vilanilam, J. V. is the author of 'Reporting a Revolution The Iranian Revolution and the Niico Debate' with ISBN 9780803995949 and ISBN 0803995946.