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Pockets of Resistance : British News Media, War and Theory in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780719095030
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pockets of ResistanceDDC classification:
  • 070.44995670443
LOC classification:
  • P96.I73.P635 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Pockets of resistance: British news media, war and theory in the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mobilising for battle: Th e news media and war from Vietnam to Iraq -- 3. Theorising and analysing media performance in wartime -- 4. Placing coverage of the invasion in context -- 5. 'Supporting our boys in battle': Evidence for supportive coverage and the elitedriven model -- 6. 'Independence, diversity and professional autonomy': Evidence for negotiated and oppositional coverage -- 7. Case studies from the invasion of Iraq: Jessica Lynch, Ali Abbas and the antiwar movement -- 8. Conclusion: Patterns of support, negotiation and opposition -- Appendix A: Further information about the content and framing analysis -- Appendix B: Examples of the detailed criteria provided to coders for assessing thematic frames -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The most detailed, sophisticated and theoretically grounded analysis of wartime media coverage written to date. Describes and explains how British news media variously supported, and dissented from, coalition propaganda campaigns during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Pockets of resistance: British news media, war and theory in the 2003 invasion of Iraq -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mobilising for battle: Th e news media and war from Vietnam to Iraq -- 3. Theorising and analysing media performance in wartime -- 4. Placing coverage of the invasion in context -- 5. 'Supporting our boys in battle': Evidence for supportive coverage and the elitedriven model -- 6. 'Independence, diversity and professional autonomy': Evidence for negotiated and oppositional coverage -- 7. Case studies from the invasion of Iraq: Jessica Lynch, Ali Abbas and the antiwar movement -- 8. Conclusion: Patterns of support, negotiation and opposition -- Appendix A: Further information about the content and framing analysis -- Appendix B: Examples of the detailed criteria provided to coders for assessing thematic frames -- Bibliography -- Index.

The most detailed, sophisticated and theoretically grounded analysis of wartime media coverage written to date. Describes and explains how British news media variously supported, and dissented from, coalition propaganda campaigns during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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