Influence from abroad : foreign voices, the media, and U.S. public opinion / Danny Hayes, George Washington University, Matt Guardino, Providence College.
List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 The Puzzle of Polarized Opinion; Foreign Elite Voices in U.S. Foreign Policy Debates; Making the Media Central to the Study of Foreign Policy Opinion; Plan of the Book; 2 Us versus Them; How Journalists Cover Foreign Policy Debates; The Newsworthiness of Foreign Elite Voices in the Iraq Debate; Analyzing Media Coverage of the Iraq War Debate; How Much Attention Did the Media Give Iraq?; What Did the Media Focus On?; Domestic and Foreign Voices in the News; Conclusion: Bush (and America) versus (Most of) the World.
3 Byrd Gets No WordIndexing and Its Discontents: Mapping the Contours of Elite-Driven News Coverage; Specifying Elite Discourse and Foreign Policy News Coverage: Methods and Measures; Data and Measures: Analyzing Elite and Media Discourse on Iraq; Domestic Elite Discourse and News Coverage in the Lead-up to the War in Iraq; But How Often Did Those Views Make the News? And When?; The Substitution of Foreign Voices for Democratic Party Dissent: Power Draws the Media Abroad; Conclusion: Setting the Stage for Foreign Elite Influence on U.S. Opinion; 4 When Foreign Voices Persuade.
Events, Elites, and U.S. Foreign Policy AttitudesWhat Lies Beneath: Partisanship and Foreign Policy Predispositions; Views about the Use of Military Force; Multilateralism; Views of International Institutions; The Contours and Dynamics of Pre-War Opinion; The Influence of Foreign and Domestic Voices on U.S. Public Opinion; Explaining Individual Attitudes toward an Iraq Invasion; Conclusion; 5 Conclusion; Solving the Puzzle of Polarized Opinion: Key Findings and Contributions; New Media and the Future Relevance of Foreign Voices.
Beyond Iraq: Future Research on Foreign Voices and U.S. Public OpinionForeign Elite Discourse in the News and the Democratic Vibrancy of Policy Debates; The Potential of Foreign Voices as Vehicles for Message Diversity; The Limitations of Foreign Voices as a Substitute for Diverse Domestic Discourse; Appendix A Variable Information; Chapter 2; Chapter 4; News Content Variables; Appendix B Statistical Models; Technical Details for Regression Models; Works Cited; Index.
Summary
Demonstrates that US public opinion about American foreign policy can be shaped by foreign leaders and representatives of international organizations.
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