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CONTENTS
The Linkage Test
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The CNN Effect and Macro Influences
Alternatives to the CNN Effect
41
47
3 The CNN Effect and War
The People and the CNN Effect
48
The Rise of Public Opinion
49
51
The Military and the CNN Effect
The Government and the CNN Effect
53
Diplomacy and the CNN Effect
54
57
Foreign Policy and the CNN Effect
PART II
The CNN Effect in Action
4 The Kosovo Crisis
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Background
Macro Influences
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Western Political Culture
72
Political Cost
73
Political Context
75
5 The Media during the Kosovo Crisis
The CNN Effect Media Criteria and the 35
Kosovo Civil War 76
Incident 1: The Drenica Massacre 79
Incident 2: The Gornje Obrinje Massacre 83
Incident 3: The Racak Massacre 85
Events or Their Media Coverage? 89
The Accumulating Effect 91
6 The Government during the Kosovo Crisis—The
Macro Review 97
The Quantitative Test 98
Media Coverage versus Government Actions 102
The Coding Test 108
Framing 109
Blame 111
Propensity for Intervention 121
7 The Government during the Kosovo Crisis—
The Micro Review 129
Phase 1: January 1 to February 27, 1998 130
Phase 2: February 28 to March 27, 1998 131
Policy Shift after the Drenica Massacre 133
Western Decision-Making and the Media 135