A Trevor Thrall
Biographic Data
| ID | 4134660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Trevor Thrall |
| GIVEN NAMES | A Trevor |
| FAMILY NAME | Thrall |
| SIGNATURE | THRALL A T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 139 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Information Warfare in the Age of Cyber Conflict
Towards a More Prudent American Grand Strategy
Doing less in foreign policy does not mean isolationism or retreat
US Grand Strategy in the 21st Century
This book challenges the dominant strategic culture and makes the case for restraint in US grand strategy in the 21st century. Grand strategy, meaning a state's theory about how it can achieve national security for itself, is elusive. That is particularly true in the United States, where the division of federal power and the lack of direct security threats limit consensus about how to manage danger. This book seeks to spur more vigorous debate on…
Warring with words
Additional informationNotes on contributorsA Trevor ThrallA Trevor Thrall (PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is an associate professor at the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs at George Mason University. His research interests focus on the intersection of international affairs, communication and public opinion. Recent publications include ‘May we have your attention please? Human rights NGOs and the problem of glob…
May We Have Your Attention Please? Human-Rights NGOs and the Problem of Global Communication
Historically, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have relied on mainstream news media to expose human-rights violations and encourage governments to pressure the perpetrators. Thanks to the Internet, NGOs are crafting new strategies for conducting information politics. Despite the obvious democratization of access to the means of communication, however, the new media may in fact represent a more challenging environment in which to be heard for …
Democratic leaders and war
Despite strong empirical evidence for democratic peace theory, the historical record indicates that democracies have been involved in many wars. This article conducts a critical examination of how democratic polities become entangled in international conflict. The examination focuses on how democratic leaders manage domestic politics and public opinion at each stage of the conflict (i.e. disputes, crises, wars and settlement). The study explores …
American Foreign Policy and The Politics of Fear
Foreword: Threat Inflation and International Politics Stephen Van Evera. Introduction: Understanding Threat Inflation Jane K. Cramer and A. Trevor Thrall 2. Understanding Beliefs and Threat Inflation Robert Jervis 3. Imperial Myths and Threat Inflation Jack Snyder 4. Estimating Threats: The Impact and Interaction of Identity and Power David Rousseau and Rocio Garcia-Retamero 5. Hawkish Biases Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon 6. Threat Inflati…
Media Pressure on Foreign Policy
Derek Miller's examination of media coverage of the 1991 Iraq Civil War and its aftermath is a recent addition to the literature seeking to establish exactly what is the nature of media pressure on
Star Power
The standard view of celebrity advocacy focuses on the ability of celebrities to help causes make news and capture the public's attention. Drawing on an analysis of the advocacy efforts and news-making success of hundreds of celebrities, we argue, however, that the standard view of celebrity advocacy significantly overstates the news-making abilities of celebrities in the political arena. Our assessment of the celebrity advocacy tactics used by f…
A Bear in the Woods? Threat Framing and the Marketplace of Values
To many scholars, the Bush administration's ability to convince a majority of the public to favor war with Iraq represents a dangerous failure of the marketplace of ideas. A healthy marketplace, they argue, would have produced a more robust debate over the administration's justifications for war, revealing their weakness. In this paper I argue that these scholars have based their arguments on a poorly specified model of the marketplace of ideas a…
The Myth of the Outside Strategy
The ability of interest groups to make their views heard is a central tenet of pluralist views of American politics. Despite consensus about the importance of news coverage to interest groups pursuing "outside strategies," however, little work has examined the ability of ordinary groups to make news. I argue that the best predictor of an interest group's ability to use the mass media as a political tool is the level of organizational resources (m…
The Myth of the Outside Strategy
The ability of interest groups to make their views heard is a central tenet of pluralist views of American politics. Despite consensus about the importance of news coverage to interest groups pursuing "outside strategies," however, little work has examined the ability of ordinary groups to make news. I argue that the best predictor of an interest group's ability to use the mass media as a political tool is the level of organizational resources (m…
Star Power
The standard view of celebrity advocacy focuses on the ability of celebrities to help causes make news and capture the public's attention. Drawing on an analysis of the advocacy efforts and news-making success of hundreds of celebrities, we argue, however, that the standard view of celebrity advocacy significantly overstates the news-making abilities of celebrities in the political arena. Our assessment of the celebrity advocacy tactics used by f…
May We Have Your Attention Please? Human-Rights NGOs and the Problem of Global Communication
Historically, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have relied on mainstream news media to expose human-rights violations and encourage governments to pressure the perpetrators. Thanks to the Internet, NGOs are crafting new strategies for conducting information politics. Despite the obvious democratization of access to the means of communication, however, the new media may in fact represent a more challenging environment in which to be heard for …
A Bear in the Woods? Threat Framing and the Marketplace of Values
To many scholars, the Bush administration's ability to convince a majority of the public to favor war with Iraq represents a dangerous failure of the marketplace of ideas. A healthy marketplace, they argue, would have produced a more robust debate over the administration's justifications for war, revealing their weakness. In this paper I argue that these scholars have based their arguments on a poorly specified model of the marketplace of ideas a…
Warring with words
Additional informationNotes on contributorsA Trevor ThrallA Trevor Thrall (PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is an associate professor at the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs at George Mason University. His research interests focus on the intersection of international affairs, communication and public opinion. Recent publications include ‘May we have your attention please? Human rights NGOs and the problem of glob…
Democratic leaders and war
Despite strong empirical evidence for democratic peace theory, the historical record indicates that democracies have been involved in many wars. This article conducts a critical examination of how democratic polities become entangled in international conflict. The examination focuses on how democratic leaders manage domestic politics and public opinion at each stage of the conflict (i.e. disputes, crises, wars and settlement). The study explores …
The Myth of the Outside Strategy
The ability of interest groups to make their views heard is a central tenet of pluralist views of American politics. Despite consensus about the importance of news coverage to interest groups pursuing "outside strategies," however, little work has examined the ability of ordinary groups to make news. I argue that the best predictor of an interest group's ability to use the mass media as a political tool is the level of organizational resources (m…
A Bear in the Woods? Threat Framing and the Marketplace of Values
To many scholars, the Bush administration's ability to convince a majority of the public to favor war with Iraq represents a dangerous failure of the marketplace of ideas. A healthy marketplace, they argue, would have produced a more robust debate over the administration's justifications for war, revealing their weakness. In this paper I argue that these scholars have based their arguments on a poorly specified model of the marketplace of ideas a…
Star Power
The standard view of celebrity advocacy focuses on the ability of celebrities to help causes make news and capture the public's attention. Drawing on an analysis of the advocacy efforts and news-making success of hundreds of celebrities, we argue, however, that the standard view of celebrity advocacy significantly overstates the news-making abilities of celebrities in the political arena. Our assessment of the celebrity advocacy tactics used by f…
American Foreign Policy and The Politics of Fear
Foreword: Threat Inflation and International Politics Stephen Van Evera. Introduction: Understanding Threat Inflation Jane K. Cramer and A. Trevor Thrall 2. Understanding Beliefs and Threat Inflation Robert Jervis 3. Imperial Myths and Threat Inflation Jack Snyder 4. Estimating Threats: The Impact and Interaction of Identity and Power David Rousseau and Rocio Garcia-Retamero 5. Hawkish Biases Daniel Kahneman and Jonathan Renshon 6. Threat Inflati…
Media Pressure on Foreign Policy
Derek Miller's examination of media coverage of the 1991 Iraq Civil War and its aftermath is a recent addition to the literature seeking to establish exactly what is the nature of media pressure on
Democratic leaders and war
Despite strong empirical evidence for democratic peace theory, the historical record indicates that democracies have been involved in many wars. This article conducts a critical examination of how democratic polities become entangled in international conflict. The examination focuses on how democratic leaders manage domestic politics and public opinion at each stage of the conflict (i.e. disputes, crises, wars and settlement). The study explores …
May We Have Your Attention Please? Human-Rights NGOs and the Problem of Global Communication
Historically, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have relied on mainstream news media to expose human-rights violations and encourage governments to pressure the perpetrators. Thanks to the Internet, NGOs are crafting new strategies for conducting information politics. Despite the obvious democratization of access to the means of communication, however, the new media may in fact represent a more challenging environment in which to be heard for …
Warring with words
Additional informationNotes on contributorsA Trevor ThrallA Trevor Thrall (PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is an associate professor at the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs at George Mason University. His research interests focus on the intersection of international affairs, communication and public opinion. Recent publications include ‘May we have your attention please? Human rights NGOs and the problem of glob…
US Grand Strategy in the 21st Century
This book challenges the dominant strategic culture and makes the case for restraint in US grand strategy in the 21st century. Grand strategy, meaning a state's theory about how it can achieve national security for itself, is elusive. That is particularly true in the United States, where the division of federal power and the lack of direct security threats limit consensus about how to manage danger. This book seeks to spur more vigorous debate on…
Towards a More Prudent American Grand Strategy
Doing less in foreign policy does not mean isolationism or retreat
Information Warfare in the Age of Cyber Conflict
Political science (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (6 works) · History (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Media studies (4 works)