Reporting Dissent in Wartime: British Press, the Anti-War Movement and the 2003 Iraq War

@article{citeulike:2532873, abstract = {A B S T R A C T {blacksquare} The 2003 Iraq War was highly controversial in the UK, generating domestic opposition and a widely supported anti-war movement, the Stop the War Coalition. This article assesses the extent to which anti-war protesters were successful at securing positive coverage in the British press immediately before and during the invasion of Iraq. The study shows that, although anti-war protesters received more favourable than unfavourable coverage prior to the war, once the war got under way, a `support our boys' consensus led to the narrowing of what Daniel Hallin has termed the `sphere of legitimate controversy' with the anti-war movement relegated to a `sphere of deviance'. The article also demonstrates that elite-led protest was more successful at influencing newspaper debate than grassroots protest. Overall, the results highlight the problems protest movements have in securing positive media representation during war. {blacksquare} 10.1177/0267323107085836}, author = {Murray, Craig and Parry, Katy and Robinson, Piers and Goddard, Peter }, citeulike-article-id = {2532873}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0267323107085836}, journal = {European Journal of Communication}, keywords = {kvant}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {7--27}, posted-at = {2008-03-14 15:15:23}, priority = {2}, title = {Reporting Dissent in Wartime: British Press, the Anti-War Movement and the 2003 Iraq War}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0267323107085836}, volume = {23}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2532873 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2532873 TI - Reporting Dissent in Wartime: British Press, the Anti-War Movement and the 2003 Iraq War JF - European Journal of Communication VL - 23 IS - 1 SP - 7 EP - 27 N2 - A B S T R A C T {blacksquare} The 2003 Iraq War was highly controversial in the UK, generating domestic opposition and a widely supported anti-war movement, the Stop the War Coalition. This article assesses the extent to which anti-war protesters were successful at securing positive coverage in the British press immediately before and during the invasion of Iraq. The study shows that, although anti-war protesters received more favourable than unfavourable coverage prior to the war, once the war got under way, a `support our boys' consensus led to the narrowing of what Daniel Hallin has termed the `sphere of legitimate controversy' with the anti-war movement relegated to a `sphere of deviance'. The article also demonstrates that elite-led protest was more successful at influencing newspaper debate than grassroots protest. Overall, the results highlight the problems protest movements have in securing positive media representation during war. {blacksquare} 10.1177/0267323107085836 KW - kvant AU - Murray, Craig AU - Parry, Katy AU - Robinson, Piers AU - Goddard, Peter PY - 2008/03/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0267323107085836 ER -