Robert M. Entman develops a powerful new model of how media framing works - a model that allows him to explain why the media cheered American victories over small-time dictators in Grenada and Panama but barely noticed far more difficult missions in Haiti and Kosovo.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-215) and index.

Chapter 1 : Projecting Power in the News -- Appendix to chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 : Guilt and Innocence in the Korean Airline and Iran Air Tragedies -- Chapter 3 : Supporting and Opposing Projections of Power : Grenada, Libya, and Panama -- Chapter 4 : Debating War against Iraq -- Chapter 5. Independent Framing and the Growth of Media Power since the Cold War -- Chapter 6 : Representing the Public's Opinions in Foreign Policy -- Appendix to chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 : Diversifying the Cascade of Ideas.