Gillespie, Marie and O'Loughlin, Ben
(2009).
News media, threats and insecurities: an ethnographic approach.
Cambridge Review of International Affairs , 22(4),
pp. 667–687.
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Abstract
This article presents research from a three-year study of shifting understandings of threat and security in Britain following the 2003 Iraq War. We develop the case for a more integrated and nuanced approach to studying the relationship between policymakers, media practitioners and media publics given the increasing importance of these relationships to international relations (IR) matters of concern. Our analysis demonstrates the ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors that explain why certain individuals and groups arrive at certain understandings or perceptions of threats. Responding to recent calls in IR for the use of diverse and interdisciplinary methods, our methodology enables us to demonstrate how disparities emerge between official and public understandings of threats. These understandings result from people’s engagement with political and media discourses, and the experience of this engagement can be characterized by connectivity, (un)certainty and contradiction
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2009 Routledge, 2009 Centre of International Studies |
| ISSN: |
1474-449X |
| Funders: |
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) |
| Extra Information: |
Online publication date: 18 December 2009 |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: |
26747 |
| Depositing User: |
Marie Gillespie
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| Date Deposited: |
19 Jan 2011 18:19 |
| Last Modified: |
25 Oct 2012 09:59 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/26747 |
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