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Projections of power : framing news, public opinion, and U.S. foreign policy / Robert M. Entman.

Title
Projections of power : framing news, public opinion, and U.S. foreign policy / Robert M. Entman.
Author
Entman, Robert M.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

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229 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"To succeed in foreign policy, U.S. presidents have to sell their versions, or "framings," of political events to the news media and to the public. But since the end of the Cold War, journalists have increasingly resisted presidential views, even offering their own spin on events. What, then, determines whether the media will accept or reject the White House perspective? And what consequences does this new media environment have for policymaking and public opinion? To answer these questions, Robert M. Entman develops a powerful new model of how media framing works and suggests ways to more effectively encourage the exchange of ideas between the government and the media and between the media and the public. From the U.S. invasion of Grenada to the war in Iraq and its aftermath, Entman offers a comprehensive understanding of modern foreign policymaking that is sensitive to the changing historical context and to the ethical complexities facing the world's only superpower, its press, and its citizenry. His book will be an essential guide for political scientists, students of the media, and anyone interested in the increasingly influential role of the media in foreign policy. Book jacket."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
Uniform Title
Studies in communication, media, and public opinion
Subject
  • Mass media > Political aspects > United States
  • Press and politics > United States
  • Public opinion > United States
  • Since 1981
  • United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989
  • United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
  • United States > Public opinion
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-215) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Projecting Power in the News -- Guilt and Innocence in the Korean Airline and Iran Air Tragedies -- Supporting and Opposing Projections of Power: Grenada, Libya, and Panama -- Debating War against Iraq -- Independent Framing and the Growth of Media Power since the Cold War -- Representing the Public's Opinions in Foreign Policy -- Diversifying the Cascade of Ideas.
ISBN
  • 0226210715 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226210723 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2003009777
OCLC
52182512
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library