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Reporting Dissent in WartimeBritish Press, the Anti-War Movement and the 2003 Iraq WarSchool of Arts at Brunel University, London, craig{at}murray.nu
School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZT, UK, katy.parry{at}liv.ac.uk
Department of Politics, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, Dover Street, Manchester M13 9PL, UK, piers.robinson{at}manchester.ac.uk
School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZT, UK, p.goddard{at}liverpool.ac.uk
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Key Words: 2003 Iraq War • media • press • protest • war
European Journal of Communication, Vol. 23, No. 1,
7-27 (2008) This article has been cited by other articles:
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The 2003 Iraq War was highly controversial in the UK, generating domestic opposition and a widely supported anti-war movement, the Stop the War Coalition. This article assesses the extent to which anti-war protesters were successful at securing positive coverage in the British press immediately before and during the invasion of Iraq. The study shows that, although anti-war protesters received more favourable than unfavourable coverage prior to the war, once the war got under way, a `support our boys' consensus led to the narrowing of what Daniel Hallin has termed the `sphere of legitimate controversy' with the anti-war movement relegated to a `sphere of deviance'. The article also demonstrates that elite-led protest was more successful at influencing newspaper debate than grassroots protest. Overall, the results highlight the problems protest movements have in securing positive media representation during war. 
