News Frames and National Security: Covering Big Brother (Communication, Society and Politics) - Hardcover

McLeod, Douglas M.; Shah, Dhavan V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521113598 ISBN 13: 9780521113595

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Did media coverage contribute to Americans' tendency to favor national security over civil liberties following the 9/11 attacks? How did news framing of terrorist threats support the expanding surveillance state revealed by Edward Snowden? Douglas M. McLeod and Dhavan V. Shah explore the power of news coverage to render targeted groups suspicious and to spur support for government surveillance. They argue that the tendency of journalists to frame stories around individual targets of surveillance - personifying the domestic threat - shapes citizens' judgments about tolerance and participation, leading them to limit the civil liberties of a range of groups under scrutiny and to support "Big Brother".

About this title

Book Description:

This book explores the power of news coverage to render targeted groups suspicious and to spur support for government surveillance. It argues that the tendency of journalists to frame stories around individual targets of surveillance shapes citizens' judgments, leading them to support "Big Brother" and to limit the civil liberties of groups under scrutiny.

About the Author:

Douglas M. McLeod is the Evjue Centennial Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His research centers on communication content and effects, focusing on social conflicts and the mass media as well as framing and priming effects on attitudes and behaviors.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0521113598
• ISBN 13: 9780521113595
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238