Framing post-Cold War conflicts

Philip Hammond is Reader in Media and Communication at London South Bank University.

• AcknowledgementsTables and charts1. Introduction: post-Cold War conflicts and the media2. Somalia, 1992–943. Bosnia, 1992–954. Rwanda, 19945. Kosovo, 19996. Afghanistan, 20017. Iraq, 20038. Conclusions: framing post-Cold War conflictsNotesReferencesIndex

'Shows via compelling empirical data and analyses that the United Kingdom’s print media have systematically framed post-Cold war conflicts in ways that put their own governments and leaders in a favorable light. As these conflicts have almost invariably involved invading other and weaker countries, officials readily assume rights of aggression and a world of sovereign inequality; and so do the mainstream media. This is a valuable contribution both to media studies and the modalities of conflict in the age of “humanitarian intervention.” 'Edward S. Herman, Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and co-author with Noam Chomsky of Manufacturing Consent and The Political Economy of Human Rights