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Abstract
This study examined news coverage of diplomatic relationship between the United States and Venezuela in three major US newspapers— the New York Times, Washington Post and Christian Science Monitor. This content analysis was conducted over two distinct stages that represented the first hundred days of the first and second presidential periods of Hugo Chavez. Data found that news coverage of diplomatic relationship between the US and Venezuela was characterized by a positive tone that described the bilateral relation in the first period. The tone had changed drastically when a negative portrayal of this relationship was covered in the second period. The most frequently cited sources included Venezuelan government officials and US government officials. Moreover, news themes relevant to Hugo Chavez were consistent across Chavez as a military man and leftist.
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Victor Bonomi
Victor Bonomi received his Master's Degree from the College of Media and Communication at Arkansas State University, USA. His research interests centre on the interaction between international news flow and foreign policy, political communication, and global media and social change.
Po-Lin Pan
Po-Lin Pan (Ph.D., University of Alabama) is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication in the College of Media and Communication at Arkansas State University, USA. His scholarship focusses on message structures, processes, and effects in the context of news and strategic communication. His scholarly works appear in Computers in Human Behaviour, Social Science Journal, Telematics and Informatics, Public Relations Review, and Journal of Promotion Management.