Terrorism, Media and Public Policy The Oklahoma City Bombing by James David Ballard
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This text reviews the terrorism-related policy developments surrounding the Oklahoma City Bombing. It uses three methodologies to assess and chronicle the historical details of these policies, provides a framework to understand how they were changed by the events of April 19, 1995 and how the media covered this tragedy, and ultimately details the final results of the policy debates. THEORIES OF POLICY FORMATION: CORPORATE LIBERAL, RELATIVE AUTONOMY, AND STATE-CENTERED. Political Sociology. Corporate Liberal Theory. Corporate Liberalism and the AEDP. Relative Autonomy Theory. Relative Autonomy and the AEDP. State-Centered Theory. State-Centered Theory and the AEDP. THE MEDIA AND ITS ROLE DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. Hegemony and the Media. The Media and Corporate Liberal Theory. The Media and Relative Autonomy Theory. The Media and State-Centered Theory. Media Framing. THEORIES OF POLICY FORMATION AND THE STEPS IN THE AEDP PROCESS. Prebombing Analysis. Media Analysis. Postbombing Analysis. THE ANALYSIS PROCESS FOR THE AEDP CASE STUDY. Choosing a Case to Study. Policy Making. Crisis. Combining Media and Policy Analysis. Analysis of Hearings. Media Analysis. Testimony in the Media. Hegemony and Media Testimony. Postbombing Policy Analysis. Advantages and Disadvantages. THE FIFTEEN YEARS BEFORE THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING. Business and Terrorism. State Agencies. Agencies Involved in Terrorism Policy. State Agencies and Terrorism. Criminalization Overcomes Diplomacy. Statistics and the Policies of the Last Atrocity. Six Policy Issues. Prebombing Proposals. Terrorism Hearings Related to the Prebombing Proposals. Connection to the AEDP. Fundraising Issues. Immigration Issues. Computer and Technology Issues. Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Terrorism. Explosives. Death Penalty. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MEDIA AFTER THE OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING. Coverage Intensity. Business Representatives, Policy Theory, and the Media. State Managers, Theory, and the Media. Business, State Managers, and Hegemony. Policy Themes in the Media. AFTER THE FIRE DIES DOWN WHAT THEN? THE POSTBOMBING POLICY DEBATES. Hearings. Fund Raising. Immigration. Computers and Technology. Nuclear, Biological and Chemical. Explosive Taggents. Death Penalty. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Theory and the AEDP. Impact of the Media. Future Research. WHAT DOES THIS STUDY TELL US ABOUT THE POST-SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 POLICY DEBATES? References. Author Index. Subject Index. Year: 2005 Pages: 160