308082 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Arab Spring, Propaganda Model, Cuban Missile Crisis

• School: Curtin University
• Department: Communication and Media Studies
• Course: 308082
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Responses from domestic audiences and political elites to global events through real time communications. 24 hour rapid style news coverage: simultaneous real time gulf war. Tele diplomacy, leaders use media to communicate goals to other side. Accelerates foreign policy making process, 24 hour news cycle shortens time. Politicians" incentive to rush w/o sound consideration of national interests. Cuban missile crisis week to consider v 24 hours. Agenda setting effect: media focus on sensational stories reprioritises decision making to address unimportant issues. Black hawk down: us soldiers battle w/ somalian militia. Tv images of starving children led to intervention. Tv images of americans humiliated led to withdrawal. Media reporting location of troops can advantage adversaries. If govt policy united, media little chance of influence. Elite disagreement: media coverage substantial, media no independent power. Propaganda model and indexing hypothesis: media reflects elites. The indexing hypothesis: media coverage of foreign policy news reflects political elite views.