International Diplomacy and the Prelude to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

Alozie, Emmanuel C.

doi:10.1177/1748048506068723

International Communication Gazette

2006

DOI: 10.1177/1748048506068723

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International Diplomacy and the Prelude to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

Emmanuel C. Alozie

Abstract: Using framing as a theoretical and methodological framework, this study presents an analysis of the interpretation that the sub-Saharan African press put upon events prior to the 2003 Americanled military invasion of Iraq. It was found that the press opposed policies and efforts intended to initiate military action. This opposition was based on the contention that a westernled attack on Iraq, without an international consensus, would produce great political, economic and social upheaval in the Middle East, whi… Show more

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The path to war: Exploring a second-level agenda-building analysis examining the relationship among the media, the public and the president

Fahmy

Wanta

Johnson

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This study combines both the agenda-building and the second-level agenda approaches. It proposes an expansion of agenda-building research by examining the interaction among the president, the media and the public for an event that was not considered an existing 'real-world' condition. Specifically, this study uses former President Bush's five most prominent rationales for invading Iraq to explore the three-way reciprocal relationship among the media, the public and the president on attributes related to the pre-emptive strike on Iraq. The study found evidence of the information subsidies approach as Bush influenced media coverage of the Iraq War. The research also found more evidence of a linear model of agenda-building. The media and presidential agenda had only a limited influence on public concern about the war. Public concern influenced how much space the president devoted to the five issues on his Iraq War agenda and the press also had some limited influence on the issues stressed by the former president.

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The path to war: Exploring a second-level agenda-building analysis examining the relationship among the media, the public and the president

Fahmy

Wanta

Johnson

et al. 2011

International Communication Gazette

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Kara

Atabey

2013

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International news, especially when it is about war and terror, is often reflected through a local angle especially by those countries which have an interest in or expectation from one of the parties at war. Cyprus is geographically and politically located in a very sensitive part of the world. It represents one of the most problematic areas in the world, and the peace plans related to the island are mostly developed by western powers. The central concern of this study is to examine the main frames and discourses on war through the ways in which the North Cypriot press presented images of the US and European during two wars in the Middle East since the US and Europe were deeply involved in the peace process for the island. The study examines the Iraq War between 20 March and 1 May 2003 and the Lebanon War between 14 July and 18 August 2006 as reported in Kıbrıs and Afrika, two of the most important newspapers in North Cyprus. This study revolves around the argument that although much foreign news coverage depends heavily on news agencies for copy, newspapers connect their readers to these events by inserting local perspectives and angles to the story. The coverage, orientation and framing of news by the mass media of a specific society, when dealing with international subject material, are conditioned by the circumstances that are prevalent within that society. As a country that has historically suffered from colonialism, imperialism, war and conflicts, North Cyprus reads and interprets distant conflicts and wars through its own experience.

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International Diplomacy and the Prelude to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq

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The path to war: Exploring a second-level agenda-building analysis examining the relationship among the media, the public and the president

The path to war: Exploring a second-level agenda-building analysis examining the relationship among the media, the public and the president

Too close and too far

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