George W. Bush, Television News, and Rationales for the Iraq War

Bibliographic Data

ID7498802
AuthorsKevin Coe (0000-0002-7928-7504, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume55
Issue3
Pages307-324
Publication date2011-08-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0883-8151 • E-ISSN: 1550-6878
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08838151.2011.597467
OpenAlexW2020449584
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited21

Popular sentiment holds that President George W. Bush was able to successfully “spin” the news during the early stages of the Iraq War. Research on the president-press relationship gives some reason to believe this sentiment but leaves ample room for skepticism. This article clarifies the relationship between presidential and press rationales for the Iraq War, focusing on whether Bush's emphasis on certain rationales influenced the extent to which news media emphasized these same rationales. Using computer-assisted content analysis to analyze a year's worth of presidential communications and television news, the study provides insight into the interaction of these important discourses

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