Through the Eyes of the Post: American Media Coverage of the Armenian Genocide.

<p>Many historians refer to the Armenian Genocide of 1915 as the first genocide of the twentieth century. In the context of the first global war, the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire were systematically persecuted and many eliminated while the world watched. Yet today, American memory and conception of the Armenian Genocide is remarkably different from similar historical events such as the Holocaust. The Armenian Genocide and America's reaction to it is a forgotten event in American memory.</p><p> In an attempt to better understand this process of forgetting, this thesis analyzes the <em>Washington Post's</em> news coverage of the Armenian Genocide. By cataloguing, categorizing, and analysizing this news coverage, this thesis suggests Americans had sufficient information about the events and national reaction to it to form a memory. Therefore, the reasons for twenty-first century collective loss of memory in the minds of Americans must be traced to other sources.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Taylor, Jessica L.

• Content Analysis
• Washington Post
• World War I
• Armenian Genocide
• Arts and Humanities
• Communication
• History
• Islamic World and Near East History
• Journalism Studies
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1862

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-3214