McLeod, Douglas M.

News Frames and National Security: Covering Big Brother - USA: Cambridge University Press, 2015. - xv, 220p.

Did media coverage contribute to American's tendency to favor national security over civil liberties following the 9/11 attacks? How did news framing of terrorist threats support the expanding surveillance state revealed by Edward Snowden?

978-0-521-13055-4


Conceptual Framework
Understanding Message Framing and Effects
Framing Surveillance and the War on Terror
Framing Effects Research
Designing the studies
Converging Cues and the Spread of Activation
Cognitive Complexity and Attitude Structure
Security Concerns and Tolerance Judgments
Group Perceptions and expressive Action
Implications and Conclusions
Covering " Big Brother"

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