Press as Disseminator cf Foreign Policy Information: A Case-study of the Indo-Sri Lankan Crisis (1987-90)

Linsky M. , How the Press Affects Federal Policymaking (washington : Brookings), 1986; Davis R. . The Press and American Politics (New York : Longman), 1992; Graber D. , Media Power and Politics (washington : CQ Press), 1993 provide useful introduction to press-politics interaction. Siebert F.S. et al, Theories of Press (Urbana : University of Illinois Press), 1956 discusses different models of press behaviour under different types of political regimes. Cohen’s B.C. The Press and Foreign Policy (Princeton : Princeton University Press), 1963 remains the pathbreaking study of the role of the press in relation to foreign policy.

Cohen, in addition, identifies a third — ‘catalyst’ — role of the press. See Cohen, ibid, ch 1.

Fowler R. , Language in the news : Discourse and Ideology in the Press (London; Routledge), 1991, ch 1.

For an account of the Indo-Sri Lankan crisis see Muni S.D. , Panes of Proximity (New Delhi: Sage), 1993; Werake M. Jayasekera P.V. (eds), Security Dilemma of a Small State : Vol II (New Delhi: South Asian Publishers), 1995.

We have adopted a modified version of Me Quail’s indicators of ‘objectivity’. See McQuail D. , Mass Communication Theory: An Introduction (London : Sage), 1987, ch 4.

TI, 4 June, 1987, p. 1.

SM. 4 June. 1987, p. 1.

HD. 4 June. 1987. p. 1.

Ibid.

SM, 4 June, 1987, p. 1; TI, 4 June, 1987, p. 1; HD, 4 June, 1987, p. 1.

Ibid.

SM 5 June, 1987, p. 1; TI, 5 June, 1987, p. 1; HD, 5 June, 1987, p. 1.

HD, 5 June, 1987, p. 1.

Basu P.P. , Press and Foreign Policy in India (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Calcutta).

TI, 30 July, 1987, p. 1.

HD. 30 July. 1987. p. 1.

SM. 30 July, 1987. p. 1.

HD, 30 July, 1987, p. 1.

SM, 30 July, 1987, p. 1.

Ibid.

HD 9 October, 1987, p. 1.

TI, 9 October, 1987, p. 1.

SM, 9 October, 1987, p. 1.

HD. 9 October. 1987, p. 1.

SM, 9 October, 1987, p. 1.

TI, 2 June, 1989, p. 1; HD, 2 June, 1989, p. 1; SM, 2 June, 1989, p. 1.

Ibid.

TI, 29 July, 1987, p. 1; HD, 29 July, 1989, p. 1; SM, 29 July, 1989, p. 1.

Basu P.P. , Press and Foreign Policy in India.

Pratim Basu Partha Dr. is Reader, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University.