The Syrian conflict in the news : coverage of the war and the crisis of US journalism / Gabriel Huland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huland, Gabriel, author.

Series:

Political Communication and Media Practices in the Middle East and North Africa.

Political Communication and Media Practices in the Middle East and North Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Objectivity.

Journalism.

Syria--Civil War, 2011.

Syria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

The Syrian conflict constitutes one of the most covered events in this century. Although the coverage of the Syrian uprising and civil war alternated between periods of saturation and silence, it is indisputable that they received an enormous amount of media attention. The Syrian Conflict in the News analyses the coverage of the Syrian conflict in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, focusing on how the three newspapers framed six key events in Syria from March 2011 to April 2018, including the Ghouta chemical attack, the Russian intervention in Syria and US-led airstrikes. Gabriel Huland argues that US foreign policy dominates the frames of the conflict, which suggests that mainstream newspapers are excessively indexed to elite narratives. In the United States, the Syrian crisis prompted an intense debate about the appropriate degree of US involvement in the civil war and how the country should behave in the face of growing Russian and Iranian influence in the Middle East. The overreliance on elite narratives resulted in the underrepresentation of local voices and other players who were in a more advantaged position to devise solutions to the conflict. By analysing the frames of the Syrian uprising and civil war in three mainstream newspapers and the relationship between media and international conflicts, The Syrian Conflict in the News sheds light on crucial aspects of the crisis currently pervading US journalism.

Contents:

List of Figures List of Tables Foreword A Note on the Referencing Style Introduction Why Framing Matters Can News Reports Be Objective? Changing Times for US Newspapers The Plan of The Book 1. Media, Foreign Policy and International Conflicts The Public Dimension of Foreign Policy International Conflicts in Us Media The End of the Cold War and the CNN Effect Hypothesis Reporting the Syrian Revolution The Cascading Activation Model The Coverage of the Iraq War: A Return To Cold War Journalism? 2. The Beginning of The Syrian Uprising (Period I) The NYT Supports Obama's Noninterventionist Approach The WP Urges Obama to Support the Protests The WSJ Criticizes US Engagement With The Syrian Regime 3. The Eastern Ghouta Chemical Attack (Period II) The NYT Highlights the Debates Inside the Obama Administration The WP Calls for a Strong Response Against Assad The WSJ Urges the US to Attack Syria 4. The Expansion of ISIS in Iraq and Syria (Period III) The NYT Supports Military Intervention Against Isis The WP Opposes Arming Local Groups to Fight Isis The WSJ Blames Obama for the Instability in the Middle East 5. The Beginning of the Russian Intervention in Syria (Period Iv) The NYT Highlights the Contradictions of Obama's Policies The WP Claims that Obama's Policies Failed The WSJ Fears Russian Expansionism 6. The Fall of Eastern Aleppo (Period V) The NYT Relays a Neutral Frame of Obama's Syria Policy The WP Criticizes Obama's and Trump's Views on Syria The WSJ Focuses on the Incoming Trump Administration 7. The US-UK-French Airstrikes Against Syria (Period VI) The NYT Opposes the Airstrikes The WP Considers the Airstrkes Insufficient The Wsj Adopts an Advisory Tone Toward Trump Conclusion The Syrian Conflict and the Crisis Of US Journalism Appendix Identifying News Frames Selecting and Analyzing the Dataset Bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Huland, Gabriel The Syrian Conflict in the News

ISBN:

9780755650101

0755650107

9780755650125

0755650123

9780755650132

0755650131

OCLC:

1418898299