TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baum,Matthew A.
AU  - Groeling,Tim J.
TI  - War stories: the causes and consequences of public views of war 
SN  - 1400832187
AV  - PN4888.W37 B38 2010
U1  - 070.4/333 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - War
KW  - Press coverage
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign news
KW  - Iraq War, 2003-2011
KW  - Journalists
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Press and politics
KW  - Guerre
KW  - Couverture de presse
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Information internationale
KW  - Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011
KW  - Journalistes
KW  - Opinion publique
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Media Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Relations extérieures
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cataloging based on print record; Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index; News, opinion, and foreign policy -- Politics across the water's edge -- Elite rhetoric, media coverage, and rallying 'round the flag -- War meets the press : strategic media bias and elite foreign policy evaluations -- Shot by the messenger : an experimental examination of the effects of party cues on public opinion regarding national security and war -- Tidings of battle : polarizing media and public support for the Iraq War -- "Reality asserted itself" : the elasticity of reality and the war in Iraq -- Barbarians inside the gates : partisan new media and the polarization of American political discourse -- Back to the future : foreign policy in the second era of the partisan press
N2  - How does the American public formulate its opinions about U.S. foreign policy and military engagement abroad? War Stories argues that the media systematically distort the information the public vitally needs to determine whether to support such initiatives, for reasons having more to do with journalists' professional interests than the merits of the policies, and that this has significant consequences for national security. Matthew Baum and Tim Groeling develop a "strategic bias" theory that explains the foreign-policy communication process as a three-way interaction among the press, political
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