A Media Framing Approach to Securitization: Storytelling in Conflict, Crisis and Threat

Presenting securitization as a communication issue, this book combines media framing with the theory of securitization to explain how the discourse of security informs media content, and what happens to policy and public understanding when it does.

Fred Vultee is associate professor of journalism at Wayne State University, USA. Before earning his doctorate, he was an editor at US newspapers for 25 years. His research concentrates on media practice and its impact on attitudes toward security and credibility.