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Introduction / Walter C. Soderlund -- The Jamaat-al-Muslimeen Coup in Trinidad and Tobago, 1990 / Walter C. Soderlund -- The military coup in Haiti, 1991 / Ralph C. Nelson and Walter C. Soderlund -- The attempted restoration of Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the presidency of Haiti, 1993 / Walter C. Soderlund and Ralph C. Nelson -- The restoration of democracy to Haiti, 1994 / Walter C. Soderlund and Ralph C. Nelson -- The Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas, 1994 / Walter C. Soderlund and E. Donald Briggs -- The Cuban Rafter Crisis, 1994 / Walter C. Soderlund -- The Cuban shoot-down of "Brother to the Rescue" aircraft, 1996 / Walter C. Soderlund -- Conclusion / Walter C. Soderlund

Compares coverage of the invasion by three American and two Canadian networks, 1989-90.

AbstractThis article investigates press coverage in Canada and the United States of the 1982 and 1984 Salvadoran elections employing the concept of the "demonstration election," which posits that some elections occur not to select governments and solve problems but rather to confer international legitimacy on the government holding the election. The press plays a vital role in creating this aura of legitimacy. There is some evidence that the American press played a legitimizing role in the elections. While the elections received twice as much coverage in the American press as they did in the Canadian press, with the exception of some differences in leader evaluation and emphasis on issues, Canadians received essentially the same media portrayal of the elections as did Americans.

Uses a matched sample of leading US and Canadian newspapers.

Selected from matched samples (region, city size, etc) of US & Canadian newspapers, 852 articles covering the 1982 & 1984 elections in El Salvador were subjected to content analysis to compare US vs Canadian coverage & to determine how closely US coverage coincided with the US government's foreign policy outlook. Eight dimensions were examined: total volume, source of content, geographical origin, type of content, relevance of issues in the campaign, evaluation of political parties & leaders, language use to (de-)legitimize the event, & Cold War language. While US coverage was twice that of Canada, the elections were portrayed similarly. With regard to the idea of a "demonstration election" -- legitimizing the government in power -- there is some evidence that the US government & press played a legitimizing role. 4 Tables. A. Cole