Fear and Loathing in Post 9/11 America: Public Perceptions of Terrorism as Shaped by News Media and the Politics of Fear
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Freis-Beattie, Reinmar C.
نام ساير پديدآوران
Rebellon, Cesar J.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
University of New Hampshire
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2020
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
250 p.
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
University of New Hampshire
امتياز متن
2020
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
The politics of fear have deeply divided the United States of America. Decades of propaganda portray Muslims as a terrorist threat to the dominant US culture and society. The War on Terror and its consequences, including the rise of ISIL and the 2015 Syrian refugee crisis, resulted in the destabilization of democracy in both the US and Europe. I argue that the US public's fear of terrorism is not just a fear of violence but instead reflects racial tensions and anxieties in a rapidly changing world. These tensions and anxieties are fueled by media coverage leveraging a general fear and distrust of non-white foreigners. The result of this is a pervasive fear of violent victimization at the hands of minorities, shaped by mass media content, which politicians capitalize on for their own gain. In this dissertation, I study the media effects of agenda setting, framing, and reinforcing spirals on public fear of terrorism with data from the Granite State Poll (GSP), Gallup's Most Important Problem (MIP), and a content analysis of broadcast news transcripts from NexisUni. I expand on current research by examining the fear of terrorism from the perspectives of criminological theory, critical media studies, and racial formation theory.
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اصطلاح موضوعی
Criminology
اصطلاح موضوعی
Mass communications
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sociology
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )