The U.S. Media and Yugoslavia, 1991-1995

by James J. Sadkovich

Overview

This book is a unique contribution to both media studies and contemporary politics. It analyzes the American media's structure and its role in shaping perceptions of the crisis in the former Yugoslavia, and looks at the key issues involved, from self-determination to genocide. Sadkovich sees the failure of the U.S. media and the West as having prolonged and even aggravated the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. This work will prove useful to both the general reader and students of media and current affairs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275950460
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	03/19/1998
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

JAMES J. SADKOVICH is an independent scholar. He is the author of The Italian Navy during World War II (Greenwood, 1994).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Approaching the Media
Elites and Audiences
Values
Types
Technique
Performance
Stereotypes: Croats and Muslims
Stereotypes: Serbs
Legal and Moral Issues
A Truly International Conflict
End Games
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Analyzes the US media's reporting on Yugoslavia's breakup and the conflicts that followed, paying special attention to the years 1991, the time of the outbreak of hostilities, and 1995, the year of the Dayton peace agreements. Discusses media elites and their audiences, stereotypes of Croats, Muslims, and Serbs, and legal and moral issues. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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