Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1976 - 6/30/1977

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)


The Media and American Foreign Policy During the Kennedy Years

FAIN: FB-12724-76

Ralph B. Levering
Davidson College (Davidson, NC 28036-9405)

To do a study on the way foreign policy issues were presented in the mass media during the Kennedy years (1961-1963). It will concentrate on the mass media in its role in disseminating information and in influencing and reflecting attitudes toward foreign policy and why certain areas and issues were considered more important than others.