Unilateral Presidency and the News Media - The Politics of Framing Executive Power

"Since George Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality in 1793, there has been an ongoing debate concerning the proper scope and exercise of presidential unilateral powers. With a mere 'stroke of the pen,' presidents can change the political status quo. The Constitution is silent about these powers, Congress seldom acts to limit them, and the public is usually unaware of this aspect of executive authority. The Unilateral Presidency and the News Media investigates the role media play in bringing attention to unwritten presidential powers; examining the amount of coverage, type of frames used, influencers of frames, and where these frames place the unilateral powers of the American presidency in a constitutional context"--

List of contents

1. Introduction: The Unitary Executive and the News Media 2. Headlining Presidential Power: New York Times Front-Page Coverage of Executive Orders from Truman through Clinton 3. Torturing Unilateralism: The Case of Abu Ghraib, the News Media, and a Broken Political System 4. Unilateralism Tortured: Critical Press Coverage of the McCain Amendment and Signing Statements 5. Predator in Chief: Framing Obama's Drone Warfare 6. Going It E-Lone in the 2012 Election: Covering Obama's We Can't Wait in the Traditional and Online Public Spheres 7. Conclusion: The Unilateral Presidency, the News Media, and the Politics of Hiding in Plain Sight

Product details

• Authors: M. Major, Mark Major
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2014
• EAN: 9781137393067
• ISBN: 978-1-137-39306-7
• No. of pages: 191
• Series: The Evolving American Presidency; The Evolving American Presidency
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Politics and business; B, Media Studies, Europe, European Politics, Political Science, Communication, Politics & government, Political science & theory, auseinandersetzen, Media and Communication, Public Policy, Europe—Politics and government, Palgrave Political Science Collection, decision-making;executive;Framing;media;Online