Cnn Effect Myth of News, Foreign Policy and Intervention

Name: Cnn Effect Myth of News, Foreign Policy and Intervention
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ISBN: 9780415259057

ISBN-10: 0415259053

ISBN-13: 9780415259057

Edition: 2002

Authors: Piers Robinson

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From the Gulf War to Kosovo, the last decade has seen a new found willingness by Western governments to use force to intervene in "distant" humanitarian crises. Central to this new policy is the so-called "CNN effect," the saturation of western viewers with non-stop, real-time news footage from civil wars, which constitute a powerful plea for action. But is the media genuinely influential in shaping foreign policy, or are governments oblivious to partial news coverage. The CNN Effectexamines the relationship between the state and its media, and considers the role played by the CNN effect in a series of "humanitarian" interventions in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Rwanda. Piers Robinson…

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Piers Robinson is Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Manchester



Introduction



The CNN Effect Considered



Developing a Theory of Media Influence



The CNN Effect Myth



The CNN Effect in Action



The Limits of the CNN Effect



The CNN Effect Reconsidered