Cascading activation

Bush’s ‘war on terrorism’ and the Israeli—Palestinian conflict

Bibliographic Data

ID7477802
AuthorsRobert L Handley (University of Texas at Austin, USA,, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume11
Issue4
Pages445-461
Publication date2010-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884910367595
OpenAlexW2055197432
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited22

The study employs the cascading activation model and indexing hypothesis to examine a process by which functional frames compete to reshape ideological frames. I apply the model to the post-9/11 framing struggle over whether Israel was a military ally or strategic liability for Bush’s ‘war on terrorism’. I argue that when states are involved in international coalition building, news media may undertake an ‘international indexing’, and American allies can become an important part of the cascade activation process. A president’s ability to frame always supersedes other frames sponsors’ power to spread frames in the US news media, however. When the President changes his frame, the media follow suit. Formerly problematic Israeli behavior is reframed as facilitating the ‘war on terror

Framing (construction · Ideology · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Terrorism · Media Studies and Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Media and Politics · History · Law

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