The Influence of Foreign Voices on U.S. Public Opinion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7236013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danny Hayes (0000-0003-1950-1617, American University), Matt Guardino (0000-0002-9661-8854, Syracuse University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 831-851 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0092-5853 • E-ISSN: 1540-5907 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00523.x |
| OpenAlex | W2130178778 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 55 |
| References cited | 78 |
Public opinion in the lead‐up to the 2003 Iraq War presents a puzzle. Despite the fact that domestic political elites publicly voiced little opposition to the invasion, large numbers of Americans remained opposed to military action throughout the pre‐war period, in contrast to the predictions of existing theory. We argue that some rank‐and‐file Democrats and independents expressed opposition because of the widely reported antiwar positions staked out by foreign, not domestic, elites. Merging a large‐scale content analysis of news coverage with public opinion surveys from August 2002 through March 2003, we show that Democrats and independents—especially those with high levels of political awareness—responded to dissenting arguments articulated in the mass media by foreign officials. Our results, which constitute the first empirical demonstration of foreign elite communication effects on U.S. public opinion, show that scholars must account for the role played by non‐U.S. officials in prominent foreign policy debates
Dissenting opinion · Elite · Foreign policy · Opinion poll · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Social Media and Politics
Whataboutism in International Diplomacy
Conservative but Not Republican
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Motivated Reasoning or Cooperative Internationalism? Ideology and Public Responses to International Endorsements
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The Sound of Silence
Trump 2.0 and “US Skepticism” in Taiwan
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The Trump treatment
Sensitivity to Casualties in the Battlefield
Aversion, Acceptance, or Apprehension? The Effects of Gender on US Public Opinion Concerning US-Inflicted Civilian Casualties
Conditional Assistance
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Trickle Down Soft Power
Presidential and Media Leadership of Public Opinion on Iraq
Degrees of Rivalry
Bad News
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Foreign cues and public views on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Prewar Public Discourse
Control, Accountability, and Constraints
Rights violations and international public opinion
Blame Games in Cyberspace
Commanding Support
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IO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies
Strategic Clarity and Taiwanese Citizens’ Confidence in the US Security Commitment
Authoritarian Persuasion at Home and Abroad
The responsive public
Cross-National Social Influence
Whose critique matters? The effects of critic identity and audience on public opinion
Leaders Without Borders
Advances in Public Opinion and Policy Attitudes Research
Nonproliferation Information and Attitude Change
Named and Shamed
Listening to Outsiders
The Diplomacy of Whataboutism and US Foreign Policy Attitudes
The Effects of Naming and Shaming on Public Support for Compliance with International Agreements
The influence of foreign elite rhetoric
Foreign Anti-Mainstream Propaganda and Democratic Publics
Citizens and Condemnation
Wired Voters
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A Manifesto, in 140 Characters or Fewer
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Just Talk? International Migration, Cross-Border Communication and Political Tolerance in Latin America
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America against the world
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The Content Analysis Guidebook
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Paying the Human Costs of War
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Myth of the Independent Voter
Securing Approval
Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy, Revised Edition
Clarify
Chapter 5
Whole World Is Watching
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The Foreign Policy Disconnect
When the Press Fails
Indexing news after the cold war
A Policy Research Paradigm for the News Media and Democracy
The Spiral of Silence and Fear of Isolation
Toward a Theory of Press-State Relations in the United States
Casus Belli
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The Polls—Review
Threat Inflation and the Failure of the Marketplace of Ideas
The Whole World is Watching
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Is Network News Coverage of the President Biased
Crossing the Water's Edge
Whose Views Made the News? Media Coverage and the March to War in Iraq
Revising the indexing hypothesis
Projections of Power
The Politics of Force
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War Stories
Media and Cultural Theory
Freezing out the public
The Political Culture of Ambivalence
A Simple Theory of the Survey Response
Manufacturing consent
Assuming the Costs of War
The Politics of Threat
Terror and Ethnocentrism
On the Limits of Framing Effects
The Influence of Source Credibility on Communication Effectiveness
Priming Patriots
Who Gets the News? Alternative Measures of News Reception and Their Implications for Research
When News Norms Collide, Follow the Lead
Shot by the Messenger
Modeling Certainty with Clustered Data
Self-Segregation or Deliberation? Blog Readership, Participation, and Polarization in American Politics
Shaping Foreign Policy Opinions
Let’s Get a Second Opinion
Money, Time, and Political Knowledge
Advantages and Disadvantages of Cognitive Heuristics in Political Decision Making
Measuring Political Sophistication
Identifying the Persuasive Effects of Presidential Advertising
When Osama Became Saddam
Structure and Consistency in Public Opinion
The United Nations Security Council and the Rally 'Round the Flag Effect
What Moves Public Opinion
Misperceptions, the Media, and the Iraq War
The statistical power of election studies to detect media exposure effects in political campaigns
Race, Gender, and War
How are Foreign Policy Attitudes Structured? A Hierarchical Model
Framing Public Opinion in Competitive Democracies
The Mass Media and American Politics
The Multiple Effects of Casualties on Public Support for War
Shortcuts Versus Encyclopedias
| Unique citing works | 55 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 54 |