Securitization

A new approach to the framing of the “war on terror”

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12909506
AutoresFred Vultee (0000-0003-3233-2977, Schlumberger (Ireland), autor correspondente)
Ano2009
Volume4
Fascículo1
Páginas33-47
Data de publicação2009-09-16
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512780903172049
OpenAlexW2331632155
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas34

To successfully cast an issue as an extraordinary threat requiring a suspension of normal political functions is to "securitize" it (e.g., Buzan et al., 1998). This content analysis uses portrayals of the "war on terror" in three US newspapers from 2001 to 2006 to show how a securitization frame can be invoked or contested and how it changes across time. Results suggest the importance to political figures of being able to invoke security, not only on matters of political violence but on such other issues as immigration or public health. Keywords: framingnewsnews languagesecuritizationterrorism

Business · Content analysis · Criminology · Immigration · Media studies · Newspaper · Political economy · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Securitization · Social science · Sociology · War on terror · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence