The CNN Effect: The Myth of News, Foreign Policy and Intervention
London and New York: Routledge (2002), xi, 177 pp.
Contains tables, bibliogr. pp. 161-169, index
ISBN 9780415259057 (pbk); 9780203995037 (online)
Signature commbox: 10-International-E 2002
"The CNN Effect examines the relationship between the state and its media, and considers the role played by the news reporting in a series of 'humanitarian' interventions in Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Rwanda. Piers Robinson challenges traditional views of media subservience and argues that sympathetic news coverage at key moments in foreign crises can influence the response of Western governments." (Publisher description)
1 The CNN effect considered, 7
2 Developing a theory of media influence, 25
3 The CNN effect myth, 46
4 The CNN effect in action, 72
5 The limits of the CNN effect, 93
6 The CNN effect reconsidered, 117
Appendices, 133
2 Developing a theory of media influence, 25
3 The CNN effect myth, 46
4 The CNN effect in action, 72
5 The limits of the CNN effect, 93
6 The CNN effect reconsidered, 117
Appendices, 133
