Social Identity Priming from the News: Evidence from the 2003 Iraq War

• In Event: Political Effects from Journalistic Practices

Brief Overview

We study how war support change is influenced by the news media and social identity primes by analyzing the effects of wartime news intensity and the tone of coverage on aggregate opinion during the 2003 Iraq War.

Authors

• Zachary Jablow, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Scott L. Althaus, University of Illinois