I'm looking for some content analyses of the U.S. broadcast media
during the Iraq war: specifically, radio, TV and newspapers. (I'm not
interested in Internet or other non-broadcast media.)

Some of the things I'm looking for are:

(1) The iconography of TV news, such as screen shots or written
descriptions of the actual images that appeared on the screen,
including branding logos (like the "Operation Iraqi Freedom" logos
that appeared on Fox and MSNBC), TV studio backdrops, photo montages,
etc.

(2) Quantitative and systematic assessments of the coverage in each
type of media, showing what percentage of messages was pro-war,
anti-war, neutral or "other." I'm particularly interesting in seeing
research from dispassionate, non-advocacy sources. (I already know
what the Media Research Center and FAIR have to say. However, if there
are other sources that )

(3) Comparative analyses of U.S. media coverage versus coverage by
media in Arab, European and other regions.

I'm especially interested in analysis of the period during the actual
war itself but would also be interested in information about media
coverage during the buildup to war.

Can anyone point me to some good sources for this kind of information?

Greetings Sheldon,
Though much time has passed since the posting of your question, I hope
it won’t be too late to give an answer. It has been quite a while and
the war is over, so as Mvguy said, I guess the analysis sites are up
on the Iraq invasion coverage. Now that I have searched, I found a lot
of sites. Let me list them below:


Media Analysis -- ZNet Iraq Watch
http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Iraq/media_analysis.htm

Media Education Foundation: The Media and Iraq: War Coverage Analysis
http://www.mediaed.org/news/articles/mediairaq

The War Crisis: Articles, Reports, Analysis
http://www.iacenter.org/warcrisis.htm
- Please scroll downward for the media coverage articles, some of
which analyze the media.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Analysis: US media under fire - April 1, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2904073.stm

Iraqi Media Dossier
http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/features/html/iraq.html
- It’s about Iraq’s media, but it could be useful. 

World Press Review - Media mean Business
http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/1055.cfm

World Press Review - War in Iraq - Chinese Media
http://www.worldpress.org/Asia/1044.cfm

ABC's War Coverage Worst, Fox's Best, Analysis Shows - Newsmax.com,
April 24, 2003, by Phil Brennan
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/4/24/164833.shtml

Iraq War - News & Media Coverage - Academic Info
http://www.academicinfo.net/iraqwarnews.html
- List of news and news analysis sites on the Iraq invasion.

Startribune.com Entertainment - Analysis: War on your TV by John
Hughes of Christian Science Monitor
http://24hour.startribune.com/24hour/entertainment/story/827763p-5840912c.html

Scoop: Media Critics Blast Iraq War Coverage, May 8, 2003
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0305/S00051.htm

PPLD Web Picks - list of links to various news and reference sites 
http://library.ppld.org/WebPicks/Admin/WebPicksByCategory.asp?keyword=War%20In%20Iraq

U.S. Media Coverage of Iraq Crisis is Homogeneous, Servile Say
Journalists - World Revolution News, March 6, 2003
http://www.worldrevolution.org/projects/webguide/article.asp?ID=706

Simmons Libraries Ask Us / Tell Us - Look at “Analysis” somewhere in
the middle of the page
http://www.simmons.edu/libraries/iraqiwar.html

Archives - The Media and the War on Iraq - List of relevant links
http://loper.org/~george/archives/2003/Apr/944.html


I hope that these sites, while not so reasonably organized, give you
the information you need to answer a good part of the questions you
asked.

Google Search terms used:
iraq war media analysis
iraq war coverage analysis
iraq war media coverage analysis
iraq media coverage analysis

If you need striking images, a search on images.google.com would yield
results. Use “iraq war” or similar as the search string.

I hope this has been a helpful answer. If you have any problem with
it, do please post a Request for Clarification and I shall respond.
Thank you.

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Clarification of Answer by techtor-ga on 29 May 2003 09:23 PDT

May I add these:

Digital Spy - Digital Spy reports on the media coverage of the war on
Iraq
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/iraq_archive.php

AlterNet: War on Iraq: News Log: Dictatorship of U.S. media coverage
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/2003/04/000653.html

BuzzFlash News Analysis - Why Did Mainstream News Media Downplay the
100,000+ Antiwar
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/2002/11/25_Protests.html

My guess is that the good, objective analyses of war coverage won't be
forthcoming for a month or more,m possibly much more.  Here are two
sources you might watch:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/index.jsp
http://www.cjr.org/