Syria, press framing, and the responsibility to protect / E. Donald Briggs, Walter C. Soderlund, Tom Pierre Najem.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-209) and index.

Understanding Syria's civil war -- Evolving norms of international involvement in domestic conflicts: the responsibility to protect -- The role of the press in framing conflict -- Conflict framing in 2011 -- Conflict framing in 2012 -- Conflict framing in 2013: January 1 through August 21 -- The August 2013 chemical weapons attack: framing of a possible military response -- Conclusion.

Syria, Press Framing, and The Responsibility to Protect examines the role of the media in framing the Syrian conflict, their role in promoting or, on the contrary, discouraging a robust international intervention. The media sources examined are all considered influential with respect to the shaping of elite views, either directly on political leaders or indirectly through their influence on public opinion. The volume provides a review of the arguments concerning appropriate international responses to events in Syria and how they were framed in leading newspapers in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada during the crucial early years of the conflict; considers how such media counsel affected the domestic contexts in which American and British decisions were made not to launch forceful interventions following Assad's use of sarin gas in 2013; and offers reasoned speculation on the relevance of R2P in future humanitarian crises in light of the failure to protect Syrian civilians.

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