A century of war: Analysis of the President, the images, and public opinion from the Spanish American War to the Persian Gulf War Bissell, Kimberly L.
Publisher: 1999.
ISBN: 0599267674
Summary:
Over the last century, the United States has engaged itself in
numerous conflicts some of which have been large-scale world wars;
others have been smaller in scope. But, this trend of U.S.
involvement in other country's issues isn't a trend that will seem to
subside. As Lippmann (1922) suggests, the news media provide
audiences with pictures literal and figurative in our heads, giving
audiences impressions of the world that are largely out of reach, out
of sight, out of mind (Lippmann 1922, 29; McCombs and Estrada, 1997,
237). This study examines a century of war, but more specifically,
this study examines the relationship between the President, the
press, and the public during times of war over the last century.
Furthermore, this study examines the visual images and the visual
messages produced during six major conflicts of the last 100 years.
This project is divided into two studies: Study 1 tests traditional
agenda-setting literature. Study 2 is a test of the photographic
framing of war. The two studies together provide meaningful
interpretations of textual and visual messages of war and the way
those messages interact with Presidential rhetoric and public
opinion. Using a combination of mass communication and visual
sociology theories, this study's theoretical foundation is built on
agenda-setting theory, framing theory, and visual sociology theory.
In many of the hypotheses, it was predicted there would be
associations between the President and the press, the President and
the public, and the press and the public. A content analysis was used
to examine textual and visual content, a content analysis was used to
examine Presidential speeches, and secondary analysis of public
opinion polls was used to assess measures of public opinion. The
findings support the notion that there is a transferal of issue
agendas between these entities. The photographic portion of this
study examined the way newsmagazines reported the war
photographically. In this case, content categories were created to
provide a means of categorizing images of war. The findings from this
study indicate that war, over time, has been framed and characterized
in particular ways.
Notes:
"Publication number AAT 9926993"
Thesis (PH.D.)--Syracuse University, 1999.
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