News Frames and National Security: Covering Big Brother - Brossura

Mcleod, Douglas M.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521130557 ISBN 13: 9780521130554

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

Did media coverage contribute to Americans' tendency to favor national security over civil liberties following the 9/11 attacks? How did news framing of terrorist threats support the expanding surveillance state revealed by Edward Snowden? Douglas M. McLeod and Dhavan V. Shah explore the power of news coverage to render targeted groups suspicious and to spur support for government surveillance. They argue that the tendency of journalists to frame stories around individual targets of surveillance - personifying the domestic threat - shapes citizens' judgments about tolerance and participation, leading them to limit the civil liberties of a range of groups under scrutiny and to support 'Big Brother'.

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Recensione:

'This is an impressive collection of theories and empirical studies of framing effects in the important area of national security vs. civil liberties during the War on terror, it is theoretically sound and methodically rigorous ... this volume is a comprehensive synthesis of the theoretical approaches and research studies surrounding training effects on national security and civil liberties issues. The unifying model can be applied to framing effects in other research domains.' Weiwu Zhang, Communication Booknotes Quarterly

Descrizione del libro:

This book explores how news coverage renders targeted groups suspicious and spurs support for government surveillance. It argues that the tendency of journalists to frame stories around individual targets of surveillance shapes citizens' judgments, leading them to support 'Big Brother' and to limit the civil liberties of groups under scrutiny.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0521130557
• ISBN 13: 9780521130554
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 238