| ID | 155925 |
| Title Proper | How we know what we know about Pakistan |
| Other Title Information | New York Times news production, 1954–71 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Biberman, Yelena ; YELENA BIBERMAN |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article explores public knowledge creation by examining how the New York Times produced Pakistan news between 1954 and 1971, the formative period of United States of America (USA)–Pakistan relations. These years encapsulate not only the heyday of cooperation between the two governments, but also the American public's first major introduction to the South Asian country by the increasingly intrepid news media. A leader in shaping that introduction was the New York Times. While most studies of the American media focus on measuring the effect of news exposure and content on public opinion, this article focuses on the theoretically underexplored aspect of news production: foreign news gathering. With a lens on South Asia, it shows that foreign news gathering involves the straddling of on-the-ground political and logistical constraints that generate an atmosphere of high uncertainty. By exploring the limitations on news gathering faced by America's leading newspaper's foreign correspondents in Pakistan in the 1950s and 1960s, this article identifies an important historical source of the ambiguity characterizing USA–Pakistan relations. The findings are based on recently released archival material that offers rare insight into the news-production process. |
| `In' analytical Note | Modern Asian Studies Vol. 51, No.5; Sep 2017: p.1598-1625 |
| Journal Source | Modern Asian Studies 2017-10 51, 5 |
| Key Words | Pakistan ; New York Times News Production ; 1954–71 |