News Frames and National Security

Dhavan V. (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Shah, Douglas M. (University of Wisconsin, Madison) McLeod

Cambridge University Press, 2014

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This book explores how news coverage renders targeted groups suspicious and spurs support for government surveillance. It argues that the tendency of journalists to frame stories around individual targets of surveillance shapes citizens' judgments, leading them to support 'Big Brother' and to limit the civil liberties of groups under scrutiny.

ISBN-13
9780521130554
ISBN-10
0521130557
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
Publication date
2014-12-29
Pages
232
Dimensions
230x154x30
Weight
358