News media

This study analyzes rationales for war, focusing on three questions: What rationales have U.S. presidents used to justify war and to what extent have they relied on these rationales?; To what extent have television news media echoed these rationales?; Do rationales for war prese…

Survey data over the past several decades indicates that the American public has become increasingly mistrustful of the news media. Tsfati (2003a, 65) notes that widespread and increasing media mistrust in recent years has provoked scholars to examine the correlates of declining…

This dissertation focuses on the Danish news media's images of visible minorities from the early 1970 to the early 2000s. Through analyses of television primetime news clips and national newspaper articles, the dissertation throws light on how the news media have represented vis…

The relationship between the news media and foreign policy is complex and controversial. According to one school of thought, the media serve the interests of the dominant class, functioning as a "government propaganda machine". The key argument here is that the government sets t…