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Media Use, Anti-Americanism and International Support for the Iraq War

George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs, 805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, USAlwillnat{at}gwu.edu

Annette Aw

Department of Communication, University of Maryland University College, 2130 Skinner Building, College Park, MD 20742-7635, USAannetteaw{at}yahoo.com

Naila Nabil Hamdy

Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, American University in Cairo, 113, Kasr El Aini Street, Cairo, Egypt; nailah{at}aucegypt.edu

Zhou He

Department of English and Communication, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, SARenzhouhe{at}cityu.edu.hk

Victor Menayang

Department of Communication, University of Indonesia in Jakarta, Depok, 16424, Indonesiamenayang{at}centrin.net.id

María Teresa La Porte

School of Communication at the University of Navarra in Spain; Facultad de Comunicación, Universidad de Navarra, 31080-Pamplona, Spainmtalfaro{at}unav.es

Karen Sanders

Department of Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield, 18–22 Regent Street, Sheffield S1 3NJ, UKK.Sanders{at}sheffield.ac.uk

Ezhar Tamam

Department of Communication at Universiti Putra Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Institute for Community and Peace Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, 43400, Selangor, Malaysiaezhar{at}fbmk.upm.edu.my

This study investigates the impact of pre-war news coverage on international support for President Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003. The study is based on a survey conducted one week prior to the start of the Iraq War among 1787 university students from six countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The findings indicate that exposure to pre-war news coverage was associated with more positive attitudes toward Iraq and higher levels of fear related to the possible consequences of a war. Stronger international support for a US invasion correlated with more positive attitudes toward Iraq, less fear about a possible war and lower levels of anti-Americanism.

Key Words: anti-Americanism • emotions • foreign policy • Iraq • media exposure • war

International Communication Gazette, Vol. 68, No. 5-6, 533-550 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1748048506068729


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