News Frames and National Security : Covering Big Brother (Hardcover)

Part I. Conceptual Framework: Introduction: news, national security, and civil liberties; 1. Understanding message framing and effects; 2. Framing surveillance and the war on terror; Part II. Framing Effects Research: 3. Designing the studies with Lucy Atkinson, Seungahn Nah and Hyunseo Hwang; 4. Converging cues and the spread of activation with Jaeho Cho and Homero Gil de Zuniga; 5. Cognitive complexity and attitude structure with Hyunseo Hwang, Jaeho Cho, Seungahn Nah and Nam-Jin Lee; 6. Security concerns and tolerance judgments with Heejo Keum and Hernando Rojas; 7. Group perceptions and expressive action with Michael G. Schmierbach, Michael P. Boyle and Cory L. Armstrong; Part III. Implications and Conclusions: 8. Covering 'Big Brother'; Appendixes.