Security, Media, Legitimacy
Multi-Ethnic Media Publics and the Iraq War 2003
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4444099 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Gillespie (0000-0002-2982-1107, The Open University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 467-486 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0047117806069408 |
| OpenAlex | W1998137068 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The article examines how multi-ethnic publics negotiate questions of legitimacy. It explains the deep public scepticism surrounding the Iraq war (2003) and subsequent security policy, not just in terms of declining trust in Prime Minister Tony Blair and in the news media, but as a corrosive 'legitimacy deficit' with significant implications for the prospects of participatory democracy and multicultural citizenship. The arguments are grounded in a collaborative ethnography of news audiences across the UK, including multilingual and multi-ethnic ones. Using a Weberian framework, the article analyses the patterning of interviewees' responses to the justifications given for going to war, and it assesses the implications of the 'legitimacy deficit' for notions of security and UK security policy
Citizen journalism · Citizenship · Democracy · democratic deficit · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Legitimacy · Media studies · Multiculturalism · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Publics · Skepticism · Sociology · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Peacebuilding and International Security
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,42 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2012 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |