Going to war in Iraq : when citizens and the press matter /

Going to war in Iraq : when citizens and the press matter /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Feldman, Stanley, author.
Imprint:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Public opinion. Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Mass media and the war. Mass media and war. Public opinion. Iraq.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11956373

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Varying Form of Title:	When citizens and the press matter
Other authors / contributors:	Huddy, Leonie, author. Marcus, George E., 1943- author.
ISBN:	9780226304373 022630437X 9780226304069 022630406X 9780226304236 022630423X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed December 5, 2019).
Summary:	Conventional wisdom holds that the Bush administration was able to convince the American public to support a war in Iraq on the basis of specious claims and a shifting rationale because Democratic politicians decided not to voice opposition and the press simply failed to do its job. Drawing on the most comprehensive survey of public reactions to the war, Stanley Feldman, Leonie Huddy, and George E. Marcus revisit this critical period and come back with a very different story. Polling data from that critical period shows that the Bush administration's carefully orchestrated campaign not only failed to raise Republican support for the war but, surprisingly, led Democrats and political independents to increasingly oppose the war at odds with most prominent Democratic leaders. More importantly, the research shows that what constitutes the news matters. People who read the newspaper were more likely to reject the claims coming out of Washington because they were exposed to the sort of high-quality investigative journalism still being written at traditional newspapers. That was not the case for those who got their news from television. Making a case for the crucial role of a press that lives up to the best norms and practices of print journalism, the book lays bare what is at stake for the functioning of democracy--especially in times of crisis--as newspapers increasingly become an endangered species.
Other form:	Print version: Feldman, Stanley. Going to war in Iraq. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015 9780226304069

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Summary:	Conventional wisdom holds that the Bush administration was able to convince the American public to support a war in Iraq on the basis of specious claims and a shifting rationale because Democratic politicians decided not to voice opposition and the press simply failed to do its job.<br> Drawing on the most comprehensive survey of public reactions to the war, Stanley Feldman, Leonie Huddy, and George E. Marcus revisit this critical period and come back with a very different story. Polling data from that critical period shows that the Bush administration's carefully orchestrated campaign not only failed to raise Republican support for the war but, surprisingly, led Democrats and political independents to increasingly oppose the war at odds with most prominent Democratic leaders. More importantly, the research shows that what constitutes the news matters. People who read the newspaper were more likely to reject the claims coming out of Washington because they were exposed to the sort of high-quality investigative journalism still being written at traditional newspapers. That was not the case for those who got their news from television. Making a case for the crucial role of a press that lives up to the best norms and practices of print journalism, the book lays bare what is at stake for the functioning of democracy--especially in times of crisis--as newspapers increasingly become an endangered species.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
ISBN:	9780226304373 022630437X 9780226304069 022630406X 9780226304236 022630423X