Coulter, Colin and Browne, Harry and Flynn, Roddy and Hetherington, Vanessa and Titley, Gavan
(2016)
‘These people protesting
might not be so strident if
their own jobs were on the
line’: Representations of the
‘economic consequences’ of
opposition to the Iraq war in
the Irish national press.
Media, War and Conflict, 9 (2).
pp. 113-136.
ISSN 1750-6352
Abstract
In this article, the authors examine the ways in which the social movement in Ireland opposed to
the Iraq war was represented in the national press. The article draws upon data generated by the
largest research project of its type ever conducted in an Irish context. The authors considered
representations of the anti-war movement in 11 daily and Sunday newspapers over a period of 9 months. One of the principal threads that ran through newspaper coverage of the time centred
upon concerns about the possible ‘economic consequences’ of opposing the war against Iraq. A
close reading of the data reveals that the familiar reliance of journalists on official sources and
interpretations ensured that the national press tended to cast the anti-war movement in Ireland
as a danger to both the regional and national economy at a time of seemingly unprecedented
prosperity.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
anti-war movement; Iraq war; Ireland; political economy; press coverage; US corporations; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: |
11953 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635216637635 |
| Depositing User: |
Colin Coulter
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| Date Deposited: |
03 Dec 2019 10:55 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Media, War and Conflict |
| Publisher: |
SAGE Publications |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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| Use Licence: |
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