Blegging for research help
Blogging has been light because I’m putting the finishing touches on a research paper… and there’s one small question that’s nagging at me. Are any readers aware of surveys done in the past decade of the attitudes of American journalists towards American foreign policy? The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations has a great quadrennial series ...
Blogging has been light because I'm putting the finishing touches on a research paper... and there's one small question that's nagging at me. Are any readers aware of surveys done in the past decade of the attitudes of American journalists towards American foreign policy? The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations has a great quadrennial series of polls about American elites, but the reports do not break out responses for journalists. I'm also aware of the surveys and research into reporters' domestic ideological affiliation, and the volumnious literature on media bias, but that's no good to me -- attitudes towards domestic policies don't translate well into international relations. I need to see polling numbers of journalists' opinions about foreign policy priorities, the use of force, and/or foreign economic policy. I vaguely recall reading about a few of these, but my numerous searches have produced zilch so far. So, I hereby delegate this to knowledgeable readers. [What do they get if they find something useful?--ed. A big, big thank you in the acknowledgments.]
Blogging has been light because I’m putting the finishing touches on a research paper… and there’s one small question that’s nagging at me. Are any readers aware of surveys done in the past decade of the attitudes of American journalists towards American foreign policy? The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations has a great quadrennial series of polls about American elites, but the reports do not break out responses for journalists. I’m also aware of the surveys and research into reporters’ domestic ideological affiliation, and the volumnious literature on media bias, but that’s no good to me — attitudes towards domestic policies don’t translate well into international relations. I need to see polling numbers of journalists’ opinions about foreign policy priorities, the use of force, and/or foreign economic policy. I vaguely recall reading about a few of these, but my numerous searches have produced zilch so far. So, I hereby delegate this to knowledgeable readers. [What do they get if they find something useful?–ed. A big, big thank you in the acknowledgments.]
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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