Framing War

Olmastroni, Francesco

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“…First, large- N quantitative studies that rely on statistical analyses of texts based on word frequency (Miller and Riechert 2001). While this method is useful for analyzing large data sets and can provide generalizable patterns, it can also remove words from their context and thus affect their meaning (Olmastroni 2014). The second method, small- N qualitative studies, appears “less objective” than the first, as they require a close reading of a smaller number of texts by subjective reader(s); however, this also means the results may be “more accurate” based on their level of detail and appreciation of context (Olmastroni 2014: 47).…”

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“…While this method is useful for analyzing large data sets and can provide generalizable patterns, it can also remove words from their context and thus affect their meaning (Olmastroni 2014). The second method, small- N qualitative studies, appears “less objective” than the first, as they require a close reading of a smaller number of texts by subjective reader(s); however, this also means the results may be “more accurate” based on their level of detail and appreciation of context (Olmastroni 2014: 47). Kuypers (2010) argues that qualitative analyses have the advantage of “allow[ing] the researcher to move from a more descriptive notion of framing research to a fully critical and interpretive endeavor” (p. 308).…”

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State–Media Consensus on Going to War? Australian Newspapers, Political Elites, and Fighting the Islamic State

Mulherin

Isakhan

2019

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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This article assesses the link between the state and the media in their coverage of foreign policy decisions. It holds up to empirical scrutiny the claim that genuine press criticism can only occur within the bounds of political-elite debate. Taking the Australian government’s 2014 decision to fight the Islamic State as its case study, it explores areas of consensus and dissensus between political discourse and the media. Conducting a qualitative analysis of three media frames used by major newspapers, it tests the “indexing hypothesis” and concludes that some press coverage went beyond the parameters of political-elite debate. This finding of independent criticism has implications beyond the present case study, as it helps us better understand the role of the media in democracies—specifically, holding governments to account when sending their nations to war.

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State–Media Consensus on Going to War? Australian Newspapers, Political Elites, and Fighting the Islamic State

Mulherin

Isakhan

2019

The International Journal of Press/Politics

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“…Consistent with the constructivist view, the strategic narratives of the interventions are always framed in terms of humanitarian emergencies, and as a contribution to international security. The humanitarian and multilateral argument has been critical in overcoming the resistance of domestic political forces and the public in general, against a more active foreign policy (Olmastroni 2014;Coticchia 2015;Coticchia and De Simone 2016), as in the Italian involvement in the Kosovo campaign, the post-war phase of Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan's OEF/ISAF.…”

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‘Italy’s involvement in PSO: between self-interest and the logic of appropriateness’

Arena

2019

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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What factors shape a state's willingness to get involved in Peace Support Operations (PSO), a notoriously risky and costly activity? Do states contribute personnel out of a desire to support the cosmopolitan values embodied in PSO, or out of self-interested behaviour? Are those decisions based on normative, rule-based motivations, or rather on instrumental calculations of national interest? The end of the Cold War opened up new policy options for decision-makers, with Rome showing a strong determination to be more active in that field. Italy purposefully developed a reputation as a security provider, building, along the process, a distinct external self-identity as a natural 'peace-maker'. Which factors explain Italy's evolution from its early guarded support to UN (United Nations) peacekeeping operations, to its current rate of participation? This article argues that Italy makes instrumental use of PSO to gain international visibility and upgrade its ranking, but its strategic narrative, when addressing the general public, relies on a secondary script that adheres to the rhetoric of cosmopolitan rules that prevail in multilateral settings.

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“…Instead, it is of crucial importance whether the clues composing the frame are culturally congruent or not. A frame resonates with an audience if leaders take the clues for assembling this frame from a pool of ideas that are widely shared by the audience (Entman, 2003, 2004; Kuusisto, 1998; Olmastroni, 2014; Zellman, 2015). In contrast to the other perspectives, the framing literature provides an alternative to overly narrow scholarly compartments.…”

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Framing, resonance and war: Foregrounds and backgrounds of cultural congruence

Kornprobst

2017

European Journal of International Relations

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This article addresses the communicative processes through which leaders succeed or fail to generate public support for going to war. In order to answer this question, I rely on the framing literature’s insight that cultural congruence helps make frames resonate with an audience. Yet, my argument examines this phenomenon in greater depth. There is more to cultural congruence than selecting commonplaces such as analogies and metaphors from a repertoire that the audience widely shares. Culturally congruent framing also features a genre and more general themes that are taken out of such a repertoire. My empirical analysis of Tony Blair’s communicative moves to sway the British public to fight over Kosovo and Iraq provides empirical evidence for this framework. This study makes two important contributions. First, it highlights that public contestations about going to war criss-cross the overly neat categories proposed by most scholars interested in this phenomenon. Second, in identifying different dimensions of framing, this article deepens our understandings of cultural congruence.

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Framing War

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State–Media Consensus on Going to War? Australian Newspapers, Political Elites, and Fighting the Islamic State

State–Media Consensus on Going to War? Australian Newspapers, Political Elites, and Fighting the Islamic State

‘Italy’s involvement in PSO: between self-interest and the logic of appropriateness’

Framing, resonance and war: Foregrounds and backgrounds of cultural congruence

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