The CNN effect in action : how the news media pushed the West toward war in Kosovo /

The CNN effect in action : how the news media pushed the West toward war in Kosovo /

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Author / Creator:Bahador, Babak.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Description:xxii, 236 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Palgrave Macmillan series in international political communication
Subject:
Kosovo War (Serbia : 1998-1999)
Mass media and war.
Press coverage.
Kosovo (Serbia) -- History -- Civil War, 1998-1999 -- Press coverage.
Kosovo (Serbia) -- History -- Civil War, 1998-1999 -- Mass media and the war.
Kosovo (Republic)
Serbia.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6323696
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ISBN:1403975191 (alk. paper)
9781403975195 (alk. paper)
Notes:Based on the author's Ph. D. dissertation--London School of Economics.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-227) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Graphs
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I. The CNN Effect in Theory
  • 1. The CNN Effect
  • Defining the CNN Effect
  • What is the Agent?
  • What is Affected?
  • Effect or Effects?
  • The CNN Effect and Globalization
  • Reach
  • Density
  • Speed
  • The CNN Effect and Global Awareness
  • 2. Demonstrating the CNN Effect
  • Research Approaches in the CNN Effect Literature
  • Interview-Based Approaches
  • Media-Based Approaches
  • Quantitative Approaches
  • The Policy-Media Interaction Model
  • The Challenging CNN Effect Model-A New Research Approach
  • The Quantitative Test
  • The Coding Test
  • The Policy Substance Test
  • The Linkage Test
  • The CNN Effect and Macro Influences
  • Alternatives to the CNN Effect
  • 3. The CNN Effect and War
  • The People and the CNN Effect
  • The Rise of Public Opinion
  • The Military and the CNN Effect
  • The Government and the CNN Effect
  • Diplomacy and the CNN Effect
  • Foreign Policy and the CNN Effect
  • Part II. The CNN Effect in Action
  • 4. The Kosovo Crisis
  • Background
  • Macro Influences
  • Western Political Culture
  • Political Cost
  • Political Context
  • 5. The Media during the Kosovo Crisis
  • The CNN Effect Media Criteria and the Kosovo Civil War
  • Incident 1. The Drenica Massacre
  • Incident 2. The Gornje Obrinje Massacre
  • Incident 3. The Racak Massacre
  • Events or Their Media Coverage?
  • The Accumulating Effect
  • 6. The Government during the Kosovo Crisis-The Macro Review
  • The Quantitative Test
  • Media Coverage versus Government Actions
  • The Coding Test
  • Framing
  • Blame
  • Propensity for Intervention
  • 7. The Government during the Kosovo Crisis-The Micro Review
  • Phase 1. January 1 to February 27, 1998
  • Phase 2. February 28 to March 27, 1998
  • Policy Shift after the Drenica Massacre
  • Western Decision-Making and the Media
  • Phase 3. March 28 to September 27, 1998
  • Phase 4. September 28 to October 27, 1998
  • Policy Shift after the Gornje Obrinje Massacre
  • Western Decision-Making and the Media
  • Phase 5. October 28, 1998 to January 14, 1999
  • Phase 6. January 15 to February 14, 1999
  • Policy Shift after the Racak Massacre
  • Western Decision-Making and the Media
  • Phase 7. February 15 to March 24, 1999
  • Conclusion
  • The CNN Effect and the Kosovo Intervention
  • The CNN Effect and Foreign Policy
  • Insights on the CNN Effect
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix: Government Sources Coded
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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