Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction to the Media and Foreign Policy A View from the Press Marvin Kalb A View from the Military Thomas W. Kelly A View from the Academy Bernard C. Cohen 1: The News About Foreign Policy W. Lance Bennett 2: The Press as Prologue: Media Coverage of Saddam's Iraq, 1979-1990 Gladys Engel Lang, Kurt Lang 3: News and Historical Content: The Establishment Phase of the Persian Gulf Policy Debate William A. Dorman, Steven Livingston. 4: The News before the Storm: The Iraq War Debate and the Limits to Media Independence Robert M. Entman, Benjamin I. Page. 5: Domesticating a Crisis: Washington Newsbeats and Network News after the Iraq Invasion of Kuwait Timothy E. Cook 6: Strategic Public Diplomacy: Managing Kuwait's Image During the Gulf Conflict Jarol B. Manheim 7: The Gulf War as Popular Culture and Television Drama Daniel C. Hallin, Todd Gitlin. 8: News Coverage of the Gulf Crisis and Public Opinion: A Study of Agenda-Setting, Priming, and Framing Shanto Iyengar, Adam Simon. 9: Elite Leadership of Mass Opinion: New Evidence from the Gulf War John Zaller 10: Crisis, War, and Public Opinion: The Media and Public Support for the President Richard A. Brody 11: A Mutual Exploitation Model of Media Influence in U.S. Foreign Policy Patrick O'Heffernan 12: Strategic Politicians, Public Opinion, and the Gulf Crisis John Zaller 13: Just Deserts? David L. Paletz Appendix: Gulf Conflict Event Guide Contributors Index

About the Author

W. Lance Bennett is professor of political science and the Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication at the University of Washington.