The Arabs and Israelis have been negotiating peace for the past ten years; however, the conflict still ignites with no apparent hope for any near resolution. Understanding the rhetorical construction of the peace reality may help in managing this conflict. This study examines th…
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This dissertation analyzes how United States elites ideologically framed events of September 11, 2001 (9–11) and the implementation of the first year of the ‘War on Terrorism’ (WOT). In seeking to understand how the strategic use of frames by different categories of U.S. elites …
Starting with the question of why policy changes occur when there are no changes to the underlying conditions, this dissertation offers a solution that combines rational choice and cognitive psychology. Applying prospect theory to the question of why policy changes when the cond…
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with China's remarkable success in economic developments and greater openness to the outside world, two sharply opposing views of China have appeared in the Western perception of China - a rising superpower as well as a threat to the…
This thesis examines the media-foreign policy nexus through a specific focus on the moral framing of conflict and interventionism within British media and policy discourses. While morality has been identified as a frequently used frame through which we may understand issues, the…
In the aftermath of the independence of Morocco and Algeria in the second half of the twentieth century, each sought to create one homogeneous nation-state, defining themselves as Arab, declaring Arabic language as the only official language and embarking on Arabisation campaign…
Because many militant groups from the Islamist political landscape and beyond have suffered extinction, survival of insurgent groups in a context of insecurity and rivalry is not a fact. In 2010, the Islamic State in Iraq was near extinction and considered as defeated by a myria…
Media coverage of international conflicts has always captivated students of communication, and the Israel-Palestine conflict is one among many such international conflicts that has attracted substantial academic research. Several scholars have conducted studies of this conflict …
Extending research of framing anti-war protest is framed in the public sphere, this study examines theatre critics' reviews and viewers' responses to Tim Robbins' anti-war play Embedded . My research examines how two groups of publics interpreted Embedded : (1) professional thea…
This study examines the visual portrayal of the Korean War, as presented in Life magazine from July 1950 through August 1953, by adopting the theoretical framework of framing and cultural studies and by combining two methodologies: content analysis and ideological analysis. In l…
This analytical ethnography provides the empirical and conceptual foundations for a theory of the emergence of social order through performative practice under conditions of uncertainty. Theoretically, the goal is to explicate ways in which uncertainty is integral to emergent so…
This dissertation will look into the character of the relationship between the media and Congress on matters of foreign policy, specifically by focusing on the ability or inability of Congress to frame the media's portrayal of Saudi Arabia. It will also look at Projection of Pow…
The 2002 Miss World pageant scheduled to take place in Nigeria turned into a controversial event, especially after a local newspaper published a blasphemous article about the Prophet Muhammad. How this controversy was framed in the op-ed pages of eight selected Nigerian newspape…
This study examined how mainstream and black press newspapers framed the phenomena of "racial profiling" three years before and three years after the September 11 terrorist attacks. It looked particularly at frames, ethnic groups, source selection and article emphasis. Results i…
This study explores how the media in the US covered Iran in the context of Iraq War and influenced ability of the public to understand geopolitical consequences of US policies in the War. By toppling Saddam Hussein's government, the US administration chose to break decades' long…
In a counterinsurgency environment, Information Operations play a crucial role. The insurgents and terrorists in Iraq rely on shaping narrative through media events and propaganda, and these narratives allow them to convince publics to support their cause, as well as change the …
This project examines vernacular, soldier-produced and official, military-produced videos posted on YouTube during the War in Iraq. The purpose of this project is three fold: (a) to explore vernacular memorializing and argumentation on YouTube as an alternative to government and…
In this research project I analyze the Channel One news programs which were broadcast to 8 million teenage public school students over the span of 2 school years, from September 2003 through May 2005. This was a time period when the corporate leaders of Primedia (the corporation…
After 9/11, public concerns about terrorism in the United States escalated. In the next years, the threat of terrorism prompted several far-reaching foreign and domestic policies, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the massive increases in federal defense spending, upgr…