All Academic, Inc. Research Logo

Info/CitationFAQResearchAll Academic Inc.
Document

News Norms, Indexing and a Unified Government
Unformatted Document Text:  News Norms, Indexing and a Unified Government 1 News Norms, Indexing and a Unified Government Reporting during the early stages of a Global War on Terror A number of journalists and popular commentators have suggested that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were defining moments in United States history (e.g., Gibbs, 2001a; Morrow, 2001; Zakaria, 2001). The terrorist attacks upon the United States began an unprecedented level of United States foreign policy news coverage. This point is highlighted by public opinion data that indicated the “news interest” of U.S. adults was markedly high in the days, weeks, and months after the terrorist attacks. For example, well into December 2001 roughly half of randomly sampled U.S. adults indicated they were “very closely” following news about the September 11 attacks and subsequent U.S. campaign against terrorism, the highest level of sustained public interest in the news in more than a decade (Pew, 2001). President Bush laid out his foreign policy strategy only nine days after the attacks in his address before the U.S. Congress and a national television audience on September 20, 2001. During this speech, he articulated his administration’s plans for a “war on terrorism.” Included in his address were claims that the conflict would be lengthy in duration and would not specifically target Muslims (Bush, 2001). Over the next four weeks the President and his top aides routinely and aggressively emphasized specific and worst-case expectations for a pending global military campaign. Among the administration’s popularly communicated themes, including those mentioned in his national speech, included the possibility of unfortunate-but-perhaps-unavoidable civilian deaths, probable U.S. military casualties, the challenges of defining an exit strategy and the challenge of rebuilding a post war Afghanistan. Indeed, administration- led discussion on these six topics, referred to as "war themes," appeared 58 times in Washington Post and New York Times news content between September 12 and October 7, 2001. These numbers, calculated in the days before the actual Afghan military

Authors: Billeaudeaux, M. Andre., Domke, David., Hutcheson, John. and Garland, Philip.
first   previous   Page 1 of 34   next   last



background image
News Norms, Indexing and a Unified Government
1
News Norms, Indexing and a Unified Government
Reporting during the early stages of a Global War on Terror
A number of journalists and popular commentators have suggested that the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, were defining moments in United States history (e.g.,
Gibbs, 2001a; Morrow, 2001; Zakaria, 2001). The terrorist attacks upon the United
States began an unprecedented level of United States foreign policy news coverage.
This point is highlighted by public opinion data that indicated the “news interest” of U.S.
adults was markedly high in the days, weeks, and months after the terrorist attacks. For
example, well into December 2001 roughly half of randomly sampled U.S. adults
indicated they were “very closely” following news about the September 11 attacks and
subsequent U.S. campaign against terrorism, the highest level of sustained public interest
in the news in more than a decade (Pew, 2001).
President Bush laid out his foreign policy strategy only nine days after the attacks in his
address before the U.S. Congress and a national television audience on September 20,
2001. During this speech, he articulated his administration’s plans for a “war on
terrorism.” Included in his address were claims that the conflict would be lengthy in
duration and would not specifically target Muslims (Bush, 2001).
Over the next four weeks the President and his top aides routinely and aggressively
emphasized specific and worst-case expectations for a pending global military campaign.
Among the administration’s popularly communicated themes, including those mentioned
in his national speech, included the possibility of unfortunate-but-perhaps-unavoidable
civilian deaths, probable U.S. military casualties, the challenges of defining an exit
strategy and the challenge of rebuilding a post war Afghanistan. Indeed, administration-
led discussion on these six topics, referred to as "war themes," appeared 58 times in
Washington Post and New York Times news content between September 12 and October
7, 2001. These numbers, calculated in the days before the actual Afghan military


Convention
All Academic Convention makes running your annual conference simple and cost effective. It is your online solution for abstract management, peer review, and scheduling for your annual meeting or convention.
Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf.
Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets!
Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more!
Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering.
Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more!
Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches!
Click here for more information.

first   previous   Page 1 of 34   next   last

©2008 All Academic, Inc.