Asking Front Lines National Security Journalists About Framing

This research investigates a critical tier in the global flow of information about terrorism. This dissertation exposed a truly cross disciplinary study as it explored intersections of mass communication, journalism and national security issues that offer real implications for mass communication and journalism theory as well as political science and terrorism-related areas of concentration. This research also offered practical insight for praxis in the journalism, government communicator and national security-related professions.