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THE NEWS MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION: THE PRESS COVERAGE OF U.S. INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS AND ITS EFFECT ON PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL
| Title: | THE NEWS MEDIA AND PUBLIC OPINION: THE PRESS COVERAGE OF U.S. INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS AND ITS EFFECT ON PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL. |
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| Name(s): |
McCullough, Kristen, Author Fine, Terri, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2009 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | A standing phenomenon exists in the fields of both political science and communication studies regarding the impact that the news media have on public opinion. This study recognizes the average American citizens' reliance on the press to gain information about international conflicts. Hence, it is theorized that news reports on a political occurrence could very well influence the mass-level opinion of an event such that positive news stories generate positive public opinion, and vice versa. Since foreign crises define a presidency in the public's minds, presidential approval ratings determine the degree to which the news media manipulate public opinion. Specifically, news media coverage of two international conflicts, the Vietnam and Persian Gulf Wars, are analyzed in light of their effect on American citizens' public opinion of Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and George H. W. Bush, respectively. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0002701 (IID), ucf:48167 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2009-08-01 M.A. Sciences, Department of Political Science Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
news media press public opinion presidential approval Vietnam War Gulf War |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002701 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
