The Gulf War: A Study of the Media, Public Opinion and Public (study and data)

The Gulf War: A Study of the Media, Public Opinion and Public Knowledge is a study by Justin Lewis, Michael Morgan, and Sut Jhally (1991). The study looks at relationships between media consumption and understanding of and attitudes about the first Gulf War in Kuwait.

From the study:

Our findings suggest that the news media have failed, quite dramatically, in their role as information providers.Despite months of coverage, most people do not know basic facts about the political situation in the Middle East, or about the recent history of US policy towards Iraq. Television, as the "information" source most people depend upon, is particularly responsible. While support for the war was extraordinarily strong, it was at least partly built upon a body of knowledge that is either incorrect or incomplete.
The pdf of the study contains questionnaire with response codes and frequencies.

The data forĀ Gulf War Study are downloadable as an SPSS sav file.

Uploaded: 9/18/2013

Updated: 9/19/2013

 

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