Through Their Eyes: Foreign Correspondents in the United States

by Stephen Hess

Book Overview

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Americans often forget that, just as they watch the world through U.S. media, they are also being watched. Foreign correspondents based in the United States report news and provide context to events that are often unfamiliar or confusing to their readers back home. Unfortunately, there has been too little thoughtful examination of the foreign press in America and its role in the world media. Through Their Eyes fills this void in the unmistakable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815735855
• ISBN13: 9780815735854
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A 'must' for any college-level student in either political studies or communications

Governments spend a lot of time fostering diplomacy, but it's foreign correspondents who really affect world image of U.S. policies: a fact researched and supported in THROUGH THEIR EYES: FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. Here are interviews with and profiles of correspondents from media around the world, from Japan and Korea to the UK and Middle East. This is the sixth volume in the 'Newswork Series' to examine relationships between the government and media, and is a 'must' for any college-level student in either political studies or communications. Diane C. Donovan, Editor California Bookwatch