Title: Presidential crisis rhetoric and the press in the post-cold war world
First published: 1997
Description: Kuypers employs a new historical/critical approach to analyze both the press and the Clinton administration's handling of three international crisis situations. Using case studies of Bosnia, Haiti, and the alleged North Korean nuclear buildup in 1993, he examines contemporary presidential crisis communication and the agenda-setting and agenda-extension functions of the press.

The importance of this study lies in its timeliness; President Clinton is the first atomic-age president not to have the Cold War meta-narrative to use in legitimating international crises. Prior studies in presidential crisis rhetoric found that the president received broad and consistent support during times of crisis. Kuypers found that the press often advanced an oppositional frame to that used by the Clinton administration.

The press frames were found to limit the options of the President, even when the press supported a particular presidential strategy. This is a major study that will be of interest to scholars and researchers of the press, the modern presidency, and American foreign policy.
Subjects: Rhetoric, Language, Presidents, English language, Relations with journalists, Press and politics, Political aspects, Political aspects of Rhetoric, Crisis management in government, Foreign relations, History, Clinton, bill, 1946-, Crisis management, Presidents, united states, messages, United states, foreign relations, Journalists
Places: United States
People: Bill Clinton (1946-)
Time periods: 1993-2001, 20th century
LC classification: E885 .K98 1997