The CNN Effect in Action: How the News Media Pushed the West toward War in Kosovo

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 10
List of Graphs......Page 12
Foreword......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 20
Introduction......Page 22
Abbreviations......Page 24
PART I: The CNN Effect in Theory......Page 26
1 The CNN Effect......Page 28
Defining the CNN Effect......Page 29
The CNN Effect and Globalization......Page 37
2 Demonstrating the CNN Effect......Page 46
Research Approaches in the CNN Effect Literature......Page 47
The Challenging CNN Effect Model—A New Research Approach......Page 56
Alternatives to the CNN Effect......Page 66
3 The CNN Effect and War......Page 72
The People and the CNN Effect......Page 73
The Military and the CNN Effect......Page 76
The Government and the CNN Effect......Page 78
PART II: The CNN Effect in Action......Page 90
4 The Kosovo Crisis......Page 92
Background......Page 93
Macro Influences......Page 96
5 The Media during the Kosovo Crisis......Page 100
The CNN Effect Media Criteria and the Kosovo Civil War......Page 101
Events or Their Media Coverage?......Page 114
The Accumulating Effect......Page 116
6 The Government during the Kosovo Crisis—The Macro Review......Page 122
The Quantitative Test......Page 123
The Coding Test......Page 133
7 The Government during the Kosovo Crisis—The Micro Review......Page 154
Phase 1: January 1 to February 27, 1998......Page 155
Phase 2: February 28 to March 27, 1998......Page 156
Phase 3: March 28 to September 27, 1998......Page 162
Phase 4: September 28 to October 27, 1998......Page 167
Phase 5: October 28, 1998 to January 14, 1999......Page 172
Phase 6: January 15 to February 14, 1999......Page 174
Phase 7: February 15 to March 24, 1999......Page 183
The CNN Effect and the Kosovo Intervention......Page 188
The CNN Effect and Foreign Policy......Page 191
Insights on the CNN Effect......Page 194
Concluding Remarks......Page 196
Appendix: Government Sources Coded......Page 200
Notes......Page 210
Bibliography......Page 242
C......Page 254
D......Page 255
G......Page 256
K......Page 257
N......Page 258
Q......Page 259
T......Page 260
Z......Page 261