Graduation Year
2016
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Latin American Studies
Second Department
Sociology
Reader 1
Cindy Forster
Reader 2
Roberta Espinoza
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© 2016 Xitlaly Sanchez
Abstract
The United States and Cuba announced that they would begin the process of restoring diplomatic relations in December 2014 after over fifty years of political disengagement. The shift in foreign policy produced a plethora of news articles. What do newspaper articles, in particular articles in The New York Times published between January 2014-July 2015, reveal about how, if at all, the representation of Cuba has changed since the two countries have initiated the process of restoring relations? How did the U.S. public react to this change? A qualitative content analysis of 117 articles from The New York Times reveal that the thaw in foreign relations with Cuba does not mean a significant shift in the portrayal of Cuba in U.S. newspapers. Cuba continues to be characterized as an undemocratic, unfree government.
Recommended Citation
Sanchez, Xitlaly, "Shifting Relations Suggest the Start of a “New Chapter” with Cuba—Or Do They?: Portrayal of Cuba in the New York Times, January 2014-July 2015" (2016). Scripps Senior Theses. 843.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/843
