Media and Humanitarian Intervention: A Study of the CNN Effect and the United States Foreign Policy Making in the Context of Somalia and Darfur

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Media is an important actor in our globalized world but the question remains if news coverage, actually can affect the outcome in a humanitarian crisis. This study focuses on the possible media influence of United States foreign policy concerning humanitarian intervention. Our purpose was to conduct a critical trial of Piers Robinsons existing theory about the CNN effect, where he has developed the ?Policy-Media Interaction Model?. This concludes that critical and empathizing media framing combined with policy uncertainty should give a strong CNN effect. In the context of US foreign policy we used Somalia as an illustrative example, of where the media coverage did not influence the decision to enforce a humanitarian intervention. Then we analyzed how media framing and policy uncertainty has/has not influenced the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Our purpose...