Part 3 of our 4 part series uncovering national television news coverage of foreign relations between the United States and Venezuela reveals a dip in reporting on Venezuela during the early to mid 1990s. However, the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998 spurred reporting on corruption, civil unrest, and a return to the ties between Venezuela and OPEC countries. Steady coverage of Chávez’s “near dictatorship” continued during the 2000s.
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McGee Buchanan Library Fellows dig into media framing of higher education
The McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies concluded its first Buchanan Library Fellowship in December 2025, focusing on examining higher education media coverage through the Vanderbilt Television News Archive. The project, titled “Making the Grade,” involved three undergraduate research fellows investigating media portrayals of higher education over more than 50 years.
Venezuela: 58 years in 58 news stories, 1979-1989
Part 2 of our 4 part series uncovering national television news coverage of foreign relations between the United States and Venezuela shows a sustained focus on terrorist activities linked to Venezuela during the 1980s. During this decade, there was also increased reporting on foreign debt, threats to democracy and freedom by communism, and drug trafficking.
Television News Coverage of Venezuela: 58 years in 58 news stories, 1968-1978
Part 1 of our 4 part series uncovering national television news coverage of foreign relations between the United States and Venezuela highlights tensions between the two countries arising due to the Cold War and oil exports during 1968-1978.
Year 1 Research: Exploring the Vanderbilt Television News Archive
In the year since its launch, Vanderbilt’s McGee Applied Research Center for Narrative Studies has focused on exploring how media narratives shape our understanding of the world and people’s changing relationship with media and information. By analyzing media coverage of U.S. immigration policy found in the Vanderbilt Television News Archive, the McGee Center has prepared preliminary research findings that track changes in media framing over time.