The CNN Effect in Action: How the News Media Pushed the West Toward War in Kosovo
Babak Bahador
259 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 1403975191
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Language: English
Publish: June 8, 2007
This project advances the existing theoretical work on the CNN effect, a claim that innovations in the speed and quality of technology create conditions in which the media acts as an independent factor with significant influence. It provides a novel interpretation of the factors that drove Western policy towards military intervention in this area.