Erika G King

Obama, the Media, and Framing the U.S. Exit from Iraq and Afghanistan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Situating Obamäs end-of-war discourse in the historical context of the 2001 terrorist attacks, this timely book begins with a detailed comparison with the Bush war-on-terror security narrative before examining elements of continuity and change in post-9/11 elite rhetoric. Erika King deftly employs two case studies of presidential and media framing - the weeks surrounding the formal announcements of Obamäs December 2009 'surge-then-exit' strategy from Afghanistan and the end of combat operations in Iraq in August 2010 - to explore the role of mass media in presenting presidential narratives of war and finds evidence of an interpretive disconnect between the media and a president seeking to present a more nuanced approach to keeping America safe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781409429647
• ISBN-10: 1409429644
• Artikelnr.: 41250090

Autorenporträt

Erika G. King is Professor of Political Science at Grand Valley State University. She previously also served as Chair of Political Science and Dean of Social Sciences at GVSU. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University, and has published in the field of political communication and political psychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Surging to Victory in the War on Terror; Chapter 2 Disrupting, Dismantling, and Defeating Al Qaeda; Chapter 3 War
s Surge-then-Exit through a Skeptical Media Lens; Chapter 4 Turning the Page on Operation Iraqi Freedom; Chapter 5 War
s Drawdown through a Censorious Media Lens; Chapter 6 Framing War
s Indecisive End;