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Aday, Sean. "Be Careful What You Wish For: An analysis of 2005 Iraq War coverage on NBC and Fox News Channel" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA, Mar 22, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p98441_index.html>

Aday, S. M. , 2006-03-22 "Be Careful What You Wish For: An analysis of 2005 Iraq War coverage on NBC and Fox News Channel" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p98441_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Public support for the Iraq War and President Bush's handling of it continued to decline in 2005, and by year's end strong majorities disapproved of both. Bush administration officials and many of their allies often blamed negative media coverage of the war for this phenomenon. This study analyzes all stories aired on NBC Nightly News and Fox News Channel's Special Report with Brit Hume during 2005 and compares that coverage with real world indicators from Iraq to assess the administration's claim. The study finds that while a fair amount of coverage on both channels focused on insurgent/terrorist attacks, a smaller proportion mentioned U.S. or Iraqi casualties, and overall the news actually underplayed the bad news from Iraq. Comparisons are also drawn between the two channels, with data showing that FNC was much more sympathetic to the administration than NBC. Implications for current theoretical debates in the scholarly literature on media, war, and public opinion -- especially indexing and cascade activation theories – are discussed.

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