“But it is not getting any safer!”: The Contested Dynamic of Framing Canada's Military Mission in Afghanistan
Journal: Canadian Journal of Political Science
Year: 2017

Abstract The Canadian government and military struggled to control its media framing of the war in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2009. This content analysis ( n = 900) critically investigates the mediated dynamic of framing Canada's military mission in Afghanistan. This study found that while journalists overwhelmingly indexed their stories to elite sources, they frequently impeached the frames sponsored by government and military leaders. Journalists used elite criteria to fact check the frames