Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1981

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

O'Sullivan, John

Abstract

The objective of this thesis is to examine the performance of the major news organizations during the Tet offensive of 1968. This was done by analyzing the manner in which these events were portrayed to the American public. The study concludes that the Tet offensive was an allied victory in South Vietnam which was presented inaccurately to the American people thereby resulting in a psychological defeat for the United States. Simply stated, the impression generated by the media of Tet contributed to the enemy's ability to achieve in Washington what they were not able to accomplish on the battlefield.

Extent

53 p.

Comments

FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Identifier

FADT14055

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