Media, government and manipulation: the cases of the two Gulf Wars

Authors

William Hutchinson, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publisher

School of Computer and Information Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia

Comments

9th Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference, Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia, 1st December, 2008

Abstract

This paper explores the bias and manipulation of the Western mass media during the Gulf wars of 1991 and 2003. The tactics of compliance and the ethics of the press and journalists are examined. The need for a pluralist press is extolled.

DOI

10.4225/75/57a828d9aa0dc