Journalism and the New World Order Vol.1

The New World Order, proclaimed by President Buch in connection with the Persian Gulf War 1990-91, is a challenge for research on war journalism, propaganda and international opinion making. This comparative study of media coverage of the conflict in five countries, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the USA, offers a unique empirical study with a multi-methodological approach.

Content

Foreword
Stig A. Nohrstedt, Rune Ottosen

Studying the Media Gulf War
Rune Ottosen, Stig A. Nohrstedt

The Media Gulf War and its Aftermath
Heikki Luostarinen, Rune Ottosen

UN–US Relations in the Gulf War
Gunnar Garbo

Voicing the Gulf. The Voice of America Constructs the Gulf War
Laurien Alexandre

Baghdad Observer During the Gulf Crisis
Hanne M. Mathisen

New World Order Rhetoric in US and European Media
Wilhelm Kempf, Michael Reimann, Heikki Luostarinen

News Media and Conflict Escalation. A Comparative Study of Gulf War Coverage in US and European Media
Wilhelm Kempf

US Dominance in Gulf War News? Propaganda Relations Between News Discourses in US and European Media
Stig A. Nohrstedt

A Hard Reign’s a Gonna Fall. The Media and Gorbachev’s Peace Proposal During the Gulf War
Oddgeir Tveiten

Summary and Conclusion. Globalization and the Gulf Conflict 1990–2000: Challenges for War Journalism in the New World Order
Rune Ottosen, Stig A. Nohrstedt

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