The Syrian Conflict in the News: Coverage of the War and the Crisis of US Journalism

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Gabriel Huland

The Syrian Conflict in the News

Coverage of the War and the Crisis of US Journalism

Gabriel Huland

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English

I.B. Tauris
22 February 2024

Social issues & processes; Armed conflict; Press & journalism

Series: Political Communication and Media Practices in the Middle East and North Africa

The Syrian conflict constitutes one of the most covered events in this century. Although the coverage of the Syrian uprising and civil war alternated between periods of saturation and silence, it is indisputable that they received an enormous amount of media attention. The Syrian Conflict in the News analyses the coverage of the Syrian conflict in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, focusing on how the three newspapers framed six key events in Syria from March 2011 to April 2018, including the Ghouta chemical attack, the Russian intervention in Syria and US-led airstrikes. Gabriel Huland argues that US foreign policy dominates the frames of the conflict, which suggests that mainstream newspapers are excessively indexed to elite narratives. In the United States, the Syrian crisis prompted an intense debate about the appropriate degree of US involvement in the civil war and how the country should behave in the face of growing Russian and Iranian influence in the Middle East. The overreliance on elite narratives resulted in the underrepresentation of local voices and other players who were in a more advantaged position to devise solutions to the conflict. By analysing the frames of the Syrian uprising and civil war in three mainstream newspapers and the relationship between media and international conflicts, The Syrian Conflict in the News sheds light on crucial aspects of the crisis currently pervading US journalism.

By: Gabriel Huland
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780755650118
ISBN 10: 0755650115
Series: Political Communication and Media Practices in the Middle East and North Africa
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 22 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures List of Tables Foreword A Note on the Referencing Style Introduction Why Framing Matters Can News Reports Be Objective? Changing Times for US Newspapers The Plan of The Book 1. Media, Foreign Policy and International Conflicts The Public Dimension of Foreign Policy International Conflicts in Us Media The End of the Cold War and the CNN Effect Hypothesis Reporting the Syrian Revolution The Cascading Activation Model The Coverage of the Iraq War: A Return To Cold War Journalism? 2. The Beginning of The Syrian Uprising (Period I) The NYT Supports Obama's Noninterventionist Approach The WP Urges Obama to Support the Protests The WSJ Criticizes US Engagement With The Syrian Regime 3. The Eastern Ghouta Chemical Attack (Period II) The NYT Highlights the Debates Inside the Obama Administration The WP Calls for a Strong Response Against Assad The WSJ Urges the US to Attack Syria 4. The Expansion of ISIS in Iraq and Syria (Period III) The NYT Supports Military Intervention Against Isis The WP Opposes Arming Local Groups to Fight Isis The WSJ Blames Obama for the Instability in the Middle East 5. The Beginning of the Russian Intervention in Syria (Period Iv) The NYT Highlights the Contradictions of Obama's Policies The WP Claims that Obama's Policies Failed The WSJ Fears Russian Expansionism 6. The Fall of Eastern Aleppo (Period V) The NYT Relays a Neutral Frame of Obama's Syria Policy The WP Criticizes Obama's and Trump's Views on Syria The WSJ Focuses on the Incoming Trump Administration 7. The US-UK-French Airstrikes Against Syria (Period VI) The NYT Opposes the Airstrikes The WP Considers the Airstrkes Insufficient The Wsj Adopts an Advisory Tone Toward Trump Conclusion The Syrian Conflict and the Crisis Of US Journalism Appendix Identifying News Frames Selecting and Analyzing the Dataset Bibliography Index

Gabriel Huland is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Bath, UK. His published articles have appeared in the Journal of Communication and Media Studies. He holds a PhD from SOAS University of London and prior to academia he was a practicing journalist.

Reviews for The Syrian Conflict in the News: Coverage of the War and the Crisis of US Journalism

This book stands at the junction of media studies and political science, a vast field indeed given how central the media are in modern politics. In addressing the current flaws of journalism in the United States, Huland sheds a special light on a key aspect of what has nowadays become an undisputed truth: the deep crisis of US democracy. * Gilbert Achcar, Professor, SOAS, UK * The Syrian Conflict in the News offers a compelling critique of how the US media covered the Syrian uprising and civil war. It shows that mainstream newspapers relied primarily on members of the US political establishment to explain the events that occurred in Syria since 2011. By highlighting the importance of citizen journalists in the coverage of the Syrian revolution, the book contributes to the debate about media, conflict, and social movements. * Kholoud Helmi, Author at The Spectator * The book provides a detailed, professional and well-written empirical examination of how the three most prestigious US mainstream media, the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, covered the Syrian uprising. Straddling media studies and politics, the book offers a critical insight into the media-politics-foreign policy nexus in the US while also unveiling the deep crisis in US democracy today. The book is essential reading for scholars and students of political communication, journalism studies and international relations * Dina Matar, Professor, SOAS, UK *