Aktive oder passive Berichterstatter? Die Rolle der Massenmedien während des Kosovo-, Afghanistan- und Irakkriegs

Abstract

Maurer, Vogelsang, Weiß, and Weiß (2008), for instance, comparatively investigate the German media’s autonomy in their coverage of the Kosovo 1999, Afghanistan 2001 and Iraq 2003 conflicts and provide empirical evidence for Bennett’s indexing hypothesis. Even though the authors do not explicitly refer to the degree of diverse foreign policy involvement as explanatory variable, they further discuss the political context conditions of each of their cases (Maurer et. al, 2008, p. 162) and implicitly demonstrate that the German government was differently involved in these conflicts.