ABD dış politikasının uygulanmasındaki medyanın rolüdurum incelemesi: ABD'nin Irak'taki 2003 yılında olan savaş durumu

Media is not anymore just a vehicle to transfer information between two or more parties. Media, and especially news media, have significant role in formulating and directing internal public opinion to serve external policy goals. Besides, currently, media is considered an important pillar of a given country's soft power and its public diplomacy. This thesis seeks to examine the above-mentioned issues within the framework of American war in Iraq in 2003. It concluded that the media contributed to the promotion and marketing of the war and was able to convince the American people of the need to invade Iraq. Keywords: Media, Mass Media, Invasion of Iraq, Media Policy, United States, foreign policy, soft power, public diplomacy.