Books by Steve Hallock

This book is an analysis of newspaper coverage of the civil-rights movement from 1963 to 1971, focusing on such theoretical concepts as agenda-setting, framing and gatekeeping to discern how newspapers of different regions of the country shaped that narrative.

A History of the American Civil Rights Movement through Newspaper Coverage: The Race Agenda traces the crusade for justice through the lens of major newspaper coverage to reveal the combating sectional press attitudes of the era.

The 2003 war against Iraq was not first instance of president taking nation into foreign conflict assisted by a submissive Congress and national press corps that did not adequately challenge case for intervention. This book examines supportive relationship of press to power in building a conflict rationale during vital period leading up to combat.