Popular Press
It's Burma, Damn It!
ArtVoice
(2007)
Abstract
Last Sunday’s Buffalo News sports a front-page AP wire service story about Burma’s nonviolent democratic uprising—its Saffron Revolution. But the article never mentions “Burma.” Kowtowing to the Burmese dictatorship, the AP dateline reads, “YANGON, Myanmar.” Outside of the US, most media outlets reported similar stories, but their datelines read, “RANGOON, Burma.” It’s no wonder American kids score dead last in global geography
Keywords
- Burma,
- Buffalo News
Disciplines
- Critical and Cultural Studies,
- Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication,
- International and Intercultural Communication,
- Journalism Studies,
- Mass Communication,
- Indigenous Studies,
- Other American Studies,
- Other Film and Media Studies,
- Politics and Social Change,
- Race and Ethnicity,
- Social and Cultural Anthropology,
- Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance and
- Social Influence and Political Communication
Publication Date
October 4, 2007
Citation Information
Michael I Niman. "It's Burma, Damn It!" ArtVoice Vol. 6 Iss. 40 (2007) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/niman/71/