Television news constructs the 1990 Nicaragua election: a study of U.S. and Canadian coverage in three languages
Critical sociology, vol. 17, no. 1, 1990, pp. 99–109
Abstract
A content analysis of the portrayal of the 1990 Nicaraguan elections by six TV news networks in the US & Canada, representing public & corporate media in English, French, & Spanish. Findings demonstrate the disproportionate reliance on US government sources & low coverage of contra activity. Results support the propaganda model of mass media for US broadcasts. The Canadian networks tended to neither endorse nor contradict the hegemonic reading issued by the US, while the US Spanish-language network, Univision, offered the broadest range of interpretive positions. 10 References. Adapted from the source document.
