News Frames and National Security

Covering Big Brother

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government
Cover of the book News Frames and National Security by Douglas M.  McLeod, Dhavan V. Shah, Cambridge University Press
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Author: Douglas M. McLeod, Dhavan V. Shah ISBN: 9781316119839
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: December 29, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Douglas M. McLeod, Dhavan V. Shah
ISBN: 9781316119839
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 29, 2014
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

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'.

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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'.

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