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Rojecki, Andrew. Silencing the Opposition: Antinuclear Movements and the Media in the Cold War. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1999. 195 pp. $16.95.
This volume in The History of Communication series edited by Robert W. McChesney and John C. Nerone offers a well-documented and carefully crafted study of the pivotal role that the news media play in the success or failure of popular political movements.
Andrew Rojecki set out to assess the degree to which the news media provide access to citizen movements as opposed to the ready access received by government officials. He focuses on citizen-led movements to either limit or end the development of nuclear weapons. This is a good choice because the highly technical nature of these weapons creates the dual challenge for the involved public of understanding the issue and establishing credibility on...