The President, the press and the framing of United States military action in the post-Cold War period.

Title: The President, the press and the framing of United States military action in the post-Cold War period.
Identifier: AAI9924807
identifier: 9924807
Creator: Friedman, William Kaplan.
Contributor: Adviser: Stanley Renshon
Date: 1999
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Political Science, General | Mass Communications | Journalism
Abstract: This study examines three major military actions under President Bush (Panama, Iraq, Somalia) and three under President Clinton (Iraq, Somalia, Haiti). In each case it analyzes the president's nationally televised address and the news coverage immediately following in Time, Newsweek and The New York Times.;On the theory that the public benefits from a vital marketplace of ideas, the research maps the diversity of basic policy perspectives, or "frames," presented to the American people via the president and the press during these six episodes. The analysis is conducted within the context of a model of "news frame deliberativeness" developed for this study, which views public discourse from the standpoint of its usefulness for citizens wishing to understand the situation and engage the issue. The research also tests Bennett's indexing hypothesis and several forms of bias, and discusses the results in terms of their implications for American democratic process.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

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