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Scripps Senior Theses

2016

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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, Xitlaly Sanchez Jan 2016

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, Xitlaly Sanchez

Scripps Senior Theses

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 …