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Press Framing of Presidential Crisis Rhetoric in a Post-Cold War World: the Aith Ian Crisis in 1993 Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1995 Press Framing of Presidential Crisis Rhetoric in a Post-Cold War World: The aitH ian Crisis in 1993. Jim Andrew Kuypers Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Kuypers, Jim Andrew, "Press Framing of Presidential Crisis Rhetoric in a Post-Cold War World: The aitH ian Crisis in 1993." (1995). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 6071. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/6071 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. 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Oversize materials (e.g^ maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand corner and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book. Photographs included in the original manuscript have been reproduced xerograpbically in this copy. Higher quality 6* x 9" black and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustrations appearing in this copy for an additional charge. Contact UMI directly to order. A Beil & Howell Intormaiton Com pany 300 North Z eeb Road Ann Arbor. Mi 48106-1346 USA 313.761-4700 800 521-0600 PRESS FRAMING OF PRESIDENTIAL. CRISIS RHETORIC IN A POST-COLD WAR WORLD: THE HAITIAN CRISIS IN 1993 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Speech Communication by Jim A. Kuypers B.S., Florida State University, 1987 M.A., Florida State University, 1991 December, 1995 UMI Number: 9613423 Copyright 1995 by Kuypere, Jim Andrew All rights reserved. UMI Microform 9613423 Copyright 1996, by UMI Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. UMI 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, MI 48103 copyright 1995 Jim A. Kuypers 1 rights reserved TO Andrew Arthur King, my mentor (ars est celare artem) and David Sather Kuypers, my father (requiescat in pace) H i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The most troublesome aspect of writing an acknowledgement is the irksome sensation that a particular contribution might be overlooked, thus slighting someone who has meaningfully contributed to the project. Moreover, acknowledgements tend to follow an insipid and formulaic path; therefore, most readers, except those expecting to be acknowledged, usually eschew this particular reading experience. Thus this acknowledgement's brevity. I offer thanks to all who have helped me with this project, especially my committee: Andrew King, Harold Mixon, Ken Zagacki, Sally Graham, and Alan Fletcher. Further, I offer distinctive gratitude to my family, Marvin and Joany Floyd, Kristen Copeland, Laser Floyd; and to my friends, Lisa Landry and David Lambkin. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ...................................... iv List of Tables ............................. vii A b s t r a c t ............................................... viii Introduction ........................................... l Rationale for Investigation .................... 3 Method ........................................... 9 N o t e s ............................................. 10 Presidential Crisis Rhetoric: Review of Relevant Literature .................................. 13 Studies in the Origin of the Cold W a r . 13 Studies of Presidential Crisis Rhetoric .... 17 Generic Classification of Crisis Rhetoric . 23 Limitations ...................................... 26 Public Knowledge as Resource and Constraint . 32 Extensions by Present Study .................... 36 N o t e s ............................................. 42 Agenda-Setting and Agenda-Extension: Review of Relevant Literature .................................. 50 The Role of Print Media in a Democracy .... 50 The Agenda-Setting Function of the Press . 57 From Agenda-Setting to Agenda-Extension: Considerations of Priming and Framing .... 61 Implications for the Present Study ............. 70 N o t e s ............................................. 7 1 Contributory Studies and Methodology ................ 76 Definition of Terms: Rhetorical Situations, Administrative Rhetoric, and Crises ......... 77 F r a m i n g ........................................... 87 Role of News M e d i a ............................. 95 Procedures and Materials ...................... 98 N o t e s ............................................. 101 Clinton Inherits a Crisis: Analysis, Part One . 105 Synopsis of President Bush's Policy ............. 106 President Clinton Inherits a Crisis ............. Ill S u m m a r y ........................................... 141 N o t e s ............................................. 146 Crisis Erupts: Analysis, Part Two .................. 154 The Governors Island Agreement: Initial Success ............................... 154 Crisis Erupts .................................... 159 President Clinton's Formal Address and Its Immediate R e s p o n s e .................... 169 v The Internal Situation and the Effects of Sanctions; The Convergence of Press Framing * 186 S u m m a r y ........................................... 199 N o t e s ............................................. 206 C o n c l u s i o n ............................................. 2 15 Overview of Framing Analysis.................... 2 15 Research Questions ............................. 217 Implications and Theoretical Discussion . , 227 N o t e s ........................... 243 Bibliography ........................................... 245 Presidential Sources ........................... 251 New York T i m e s .................................. 258 Washington P o s t .................................. 265 V i t a .................................................... 272 vi LIST OF TABLES 1. White House Descriptive Terms Used to Describe the De Facto Government (January-June 1993) 230 2. New York Times Descriptive Terms Used to Describe the De Facto Government (January-June 1993) 231 3. Washington Post Descriptive Terms Used to Describe the De Facto Government (January-June 1993) 231 4. White House Descriptive Terms Used to Describe the De Facto Government (July-December 1993) 232 5* New York Times Descriptive Terms Used to Describe the De Facto Government (July-21 October 1993) 232 6 . Washington Post Descriptive Terms Used to Describe the De Facto Government (July-21 October 1993) 233 vi i ABSTRACT This study employs a historical/critical approach to analyze the response of the Clinton Administration to the Haiti situation during 1993. The relationship between contemporary presidential crisis communication and the agenda-setting and agenda-extension functions of the press is especially considered. Specifically, this study employs a frame analysis which compares the frame generated by the Clinton Administration with that used by the press, represented by New York Times and the Washington Post. The importance of this study lies in its timeliness; President Clinton is the first atomic-age President not to have the Cold War meta-narrative to use in legitimating international crises. Prior studies in presidential crisis rhetoric found that the President receives broad and consistent support during times of crisis. This study found that the press advanced an oppositional frame that stressed a domestic focus, while the frame used by the Clinton Administration stressed a foreign policy focus. The frames were found to limit the options of the Clinton Administration when dealing with the Haitian crisis, even during the most crucial time of the crisis. Thus this study discovered evidence that President/press interaction during times of crisis have changed since the ending of the Cold War. viii INTRODUCTION In October 1991, President Jean Bertrand Aristide of Haiti was forcefully removed from office following a c o u p d'6tat led by Haiti's military leader, General Raoul Cedras. In response to this event, George Bush issued Executive Order 12775, which officially elevated the situation in Haiti to the level of a "national emergency" for the United States. The Bush Administration immediately called for economic sanctions, and in cooperation with the United Nations (U.N.) and the Organization of American States (OAS) initiated an embargo that
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