Taylor Media Relations of the Anti-War Movement

The Battle for Hearts and Minds
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-315-52568-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Global Information, Politics and Society

In this book, Ian Taylor examines how a social movement, the anti-Iraq War movement in the UK, engaged with the media as a part of their campaigning against the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Moving beyond content analysis and drawing upon interviews with local journalists, Taylor examines how locally based anti-war groups engaged with their local press, as well as how those groups were reported on by the local press in their respective areas. In the process of exploring these ideas, the book takes on questions like:

- How did local journalists assess the legitimacy of the anti-war movement?

- How, why, and to what extent did opponents of the war pursue local press coverage?

- What bearing did the social composition of the movement have on the way they set about engaging with the media?

- How did the local press handle the controversy surrounding opposition to military action against Iraq?

Media Relations of the Anti-War Movement makes a unique contribution to research on the interactions between social movements and the media and plugs a major gap in the literature on the Iraq War and the media.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Frame Analysis and the ‘Dual Role’ of the Media and Source-Media Relations

3. Social Movements, Campaigning Organizations and the Media

4. Towards an Understanding of the Iraq Crisis

Part 2: Research

5. The Socio-Political Composition of the Anti-War Movement in Britain

6. Local Activists’ Engagements with the Media

7. Matters of Professionalism and Legitimacy: The Role of the Newsworkers

8. Local News Reporting and Commentary on the Anti-War Movement

Part 3: Summary and Conclusions

9. Summary: Objectives and Objectivity

10. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Ian Taylor is University Teacher in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University. His research includes media coverage of protest and social movements, media activism through both ‘old’ and ‘new’ media, coverage of general elections, war reporting, and frame analysis.