TY - JOUR
T1 - Shaping Public Opinion
T2 - The 9/11-Iraq Connection in the Bush Administration's Rhetoric
AU - Gershkoff, Amy
AU - Kushner, Shana
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - We suggest that the 2003 war in Iraq received high levels of public support because the Bush administration successfully framed the conflict as an extension of the war on terror, which was a response to the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Our analysis of Bush's speeches reveals that the administration consistently connected Iraq with 9/11. New York Times coverage of the president's speeches featured almost no debate over the framing of the Iraq conflict as part of the war on terror. This assertion had tremendous influence on public attitudes, as indicated by polling data from several sources.
AB - We suggest that the 2003 war in Iraq received high levels of public support because the Bush administration successfully framed the conflict as an extension of the war on terror, which was a response to the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Our analysis of Bush's speeches reveals that the administration consistently connected Iraq with 9/11. New York Times coverage of the president's speeches featured almost no debate over the framing of the Iraq conflict as part of the war on terror. This assertion had tremendous influence on public attitudes, as indicated by polling data from several sources.
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U2 - 10.1017/S1537592705050334
DO - 10.1017/S1537592705050334
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33747402757
VL - 3
SP - 525
EP - 537
JO - Perspectives on Politics
JF - Perspectives on Politics
SN - 1537-5927
IS - 3
ER -