The CNN effect the myth of news foreign policy and intervention

The CNN Effect examines the relationship between the state and its media, and considers the role played by the news reporting in a series of 'humanitarian' interventions in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Rwanda. Piers Robinson challenges traditional views of media subservience and argue...

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Main Author: Robinson, Piers 1970-
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Published: New York Routledge 2002
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Summary:The CNN Effect examines the relationship between the state and its media, and considers the role played by the news reporting in a series of 'humanitarian' interventions in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Rwanda. Piers Robinson challenges traditional views of media subservience and argues that sympathetic news coverage at key moments in foreign crises can influence the response of Western governments.
Physical Description:xi, 177 p. 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0415259045