When ‘good’ conflicts go bad

Testing a frame-building model on embeds’ attitudes toward government news management in the Iraq War

Bibliographic Data

ID7497701
AuthorsThomas J Johnson (0000-0002-0028-4248, corresponding author), Shahira S Fahmy (0000-0002-7720-9318)
Year2010
Volume72
Issue6
Pages521-544
Publication date2010-09-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Communication Gazette (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1748-0485 • E-ISSN: 1748-0493
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1748048510369217
OpenAlexW2133251093
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

Scholars have debated how successful the government was in managing coverage of the ground war in Iraq through the embed system, but few have surveyed the embedded journalists themselves to discover the degree they believe their press freedom was restricted. This study compares results from a survey conducted of embedded journalists in late 2005 and early 2006 to one conducted in early 2004 to examine whether embeds’ opinions toward press freedom have changed over time and whether they believe government news management has increased as criticism of the Iraq War has increased and public support has declined. It also tests the hierarchy-of-influences model by examining the degree to which individual, journalism routines, external and cultural factors significantly predict attitudes toward press freedom and perceptions of censorship after controlling for demographics and political ideology

Censorship · Criticism · Freedom of the press · Government (linguistics · Hierarchy · Ideology · Iraq war · Journalism · Media studies · Perception · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public relations · Sociology · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Law · Social Psychology

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