"This study offers an explicit theory of media pressure - what it is, how it works, how it can be measured - based in part on the 'positioning theory' in discursive psychology. This offers the first independent and comparative history and analysis of media pressure vs. coverage, through the lens of the insurrection against Saddam Hussein in 1991." (Publisher description)
Introduction, 1
1 The Contemporary Debate, 9
2 Beyond the Contemporary Debate, 21
3 Toward a Theory of Media Pressure, 43
4 The Iraqi Civil War and the Aftermath, 1991, 69
5 Measuring Coverage, 117
6 Measuring Pressure, Testing for Influence, 151
7 Summing Up and Pressing On, 185