The CNN Effect in Action: How the News Media Pushed the West Toward War in Kosovo

by Babak Bahador

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134953580X
• ISBN13: 9781349535804
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"