05274nam 2200733 450 991082223650332120240102145215.01-4384-5797-9(CKB)3710000000478474(EBL)4396581(SSID)ssj0001556138(PQKBManifestationID)16180967(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001556138(PQKBWorkID)13181594(PQKB)10106681(MiAaPQ)EBC4396581(Au-PeEL)EBL4396581(CaPaEBR)ebr11155586(OCoLC)921987784(EXLCZ)99371000000047847420160303h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSelling war, selling hope presidential rhetoric, the news media, and U.S. foreign policy since 9/11 /Anthony R. DiMaggioAlbany, New York :SUNY Press,2015.©20151 online resource (433 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4384-5795-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Presidential Rhetoric from September 11 to the Arab Spring; Scholarly Contributions; Previous Scholarship; Casualties; Expected Success; Partisanship and Elite Cues; Perceived Immorality; Outline; Chapter 1: The Rhetoric of Fear and Hope in Afghanistan; Chapter 2: Selling the Iraq War; Chapter 3: Failure: The Iraq War and Declining Influence of Presidential Rhetoric; Chapter 4: An Iranian Threat? Recycling the Rhetoric of Fear and Hope; Chapter 5: From Fear to Democracy: Presidential Rhetoric in the Arab SpringChapter 6: Losing Control: Obama's Rhetoric on Benghazi and SyriaResearch Methods; Chapter 1: The Rhetoric of Fear and Hope in Afghanistan; The Shock of September 11; Making the Case for War; Journalists Embrace the War on Terror; Public Opinion; Conclusions for the 2001 Afghan Conflict; Out of Control: Afghanistan in 2009; Growing Antiwar Sentiment; Obama's Escalation and the Evolution of Dissent; 2008 Election Rhetoric; The December Surge; Obama's Speech at West Point Military Academy; Postsurge Rhetoric; Challenges to the Surge; Undermining the War; Editorializing for WarAmplifying Officials, Marginalizing DissentSelling the Surge; Conclusions; Chapter 2: Selling the Iraq War; The War with Iraq; Critical Assessments of Bush's Rhetoric; Chemical and Biological Weapons; No Evidence of Nuclear Weapons; Fictitious Ties to Al Qaeda; Presidential Propaganda; Media and Public Support for War; Pro-War Framing in Elite Media; Enthusiasm for War; Cautiously Beating the Drums for War; Pro-War Reporting; Defining Objectivity; Media Effects of Pro-War Messages; Public Opinion; Setting the Agenda; Media Independence?; Concluding LessonsChapter 3: Failure: The Iraq War and the Declining Influence of Presidential RhetoricWhy Do Americans Oppose War?; Moral Opposition to War; The 'Vietnam Syndrome'; Shifting Opinions; The Origins of Dissent: Critical Information and the Media; Growing Dissent; Failing to Sell War; Capturing Saddam Hussein; The Weapons of Mass Destruction Fiasco; The Abu Ghraib Scandal; Elections in Iraq; Guantanamo Bay; 2,000 Soldiers Dead; Civil War; The Surge; Explaining Opposition to War; Defining Immorality; Common Moral Objections; Secondary Objections; Partisanship, Elite Theory, and Democratic TheoryConcluding LessonsChapter 4: An Iranian Threat? Recycling the Rhetoric of Fear and Hope; A Background to U.S.-Iranian Hostilities; Bush and Iran; Obama's Conflict; Challenging Presidential Rhetoric; Reporting on Iran; Iran during the Bush Years; Iran in the Age of Obama; Effects of Elite Discourse on Public Opinion; Experimental Evidence of Framing Effects on Iran; A Closer Examination of Experimental Findings; Concluding Lessons; Chapter 5: From Fear to Democracy: Presidential Rhetoric in the Arab SpringFrom Fear to Democracy: Presidential Rhetoric from the 'War on Terror' to the Arab SpringMass media and international relationsUnited StatesCommunication in politicsUnited StatesRhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesPolitical oratoryUnited StatesWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Public opinionArab Spring, 2010-Public opinionPublic opinionUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relations2001-2009United StatesForeign relations2009-Mass media and international relationsCommunication in politicsRhetoricPolitical aspectsPolitical oratoryWar on Terrorism, 2001-2009Public opinion.Arab Spring, 2010-Public opinion.Public opinion327.73009/0511Dimaggio Anthony R.1980-890752MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822236503321Selling war, selling hope3956460UNINA