Wetenschappelijke artikels:
ALTHEIDE, D.L. & GRIMES, J.N. ( 2005), ‘War Programming: The Propaganda Project and the Iraq War’ in The Sociological Quarterly, 46: 617-643.
ARSENAULT, A. & CASTELLS, M. (2006), ‘Conquering the Minds, Conquering Iraq. The Social Production of Misinformation in the United States – a Case Study’ in Communication & Society, 9, 3: 284-307.
CALABRESE, A. (2005), ‘U.S. Media and the Justification of the Iraq War’ in Television & New Media, 6, 2: 153-175.
CHANG, G.C. & MEHAN, H.B. (2008), ‘Why We Must Attack Iraq: Bush’s Reasoning Practices and Arguments System’ in Discourse & Society, 19, 4: 453-482.
DOLAN, C.J. & COHEN, D.B. (2006), ‘The War About the War: Iraq and the Politics of National Security Advising in the G.W. Bush Administration’s First Term’ in Politics & Policy, 34, 1: 30-64.
DUNN, D.H. (2003), ‘Myths, Motivations and ‘Misunderestimations’: the Bush Administration and Iraq’ in International Affairs, 79, 2: 279-297.
FERRARI, F. (2007), ‘Metaphor at Work in the Analysis of Political Discourse: Investigating a ‘Preventive War’ Persuasion Strategy’ in Discourse & Society, 18, 5: 603-625.
JOHN, S.L., DOMKE, D., COE, K. & GRAHAM, E.S. (2007), ‘Going Public, Crisis after Crisis: The Bush Administration and the Press from September 11 to Saddam’ in Rhetoric & Public Affairs, 10, 2: 195-220.
KELLNER, D. (2004), ‘Media Propaganda and Spectacle in the War on Iraq: A Critique of U.S. Broadcasting Networks’ in Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies, 4, 3: 329-338.
KELLNER, D. (2007a), ‘Bushspeak and the Politics of Lying: Presidential Rhetoric in the “War on Terror”’ in Presidential Studies Quarterly, 37, 4: 622-645.
KELLNER, D. (2007b), ‘Lying in Politics: The Case of George W. Bush and Iraq’ in Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies, 7, 2: 132-144.
KERTON-JOHNSON, N. (2008), ‘Justifying the Use of Force in a Post-9/11 World: Striving for Hierarchy in International Society’ in International Affairs, 84, 5: 991-1007.
MATSAGANIS, M.D. & PAYNE, J.G. (2005), ‘Agenda Setting in a Culture of Fear. The Lasting Effects of September 11 on American Politics and Journalism’ in American Behavioral Scientist, 49, 3: 379-392.
MCALLISTER, I. (2006), ‘A War Too Far? Bush, Iraq, and the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election’ in Presidential Studies Quarterly, 36, 2: 260-280.
MCCARTNEY, P.T. (2004), ‘American Nationalism and U.S. Foreign Policy from September 11 to the Iraq War’ in Political Science Quarterly, 19, 3: 399-423.
PATRICK, B.A. & THRALL, A.T. (2007), ‘Beyond Hegemony: Classical Propaganda Theory and Presidential Communication Strategy After the Invasion of Iraq’ in Mass Communication & Society, 10, 1: 95-118.
PUTZEL, J. (2006), ‘Cracks in the US Empire: Unilateralism, the ‘War on Terror’ and the Developing World’ in Journal of International Development, 18: 69-85.
SCHMIDT, B.C. & WILLIAMS, M.C. (2008), ‘The Bush Doctrine and the Iraq War: Neoconservatives Versus Realists’ in Security Studies, 17: 191-220.
SNOW, N. & TAYLOR, P.M. (2006), ‘The Revival of the Propaganda State. US Propaganda at Home and Abroad since 9/11’ in The International Communication Gazette, 68, 5-6: 389-407.
SNYDER, R.S. (2003), ‘The Myth of Preemption: More Than a War Against Iraq’ in Orbis, 47, 4: 653-660.
WESTERN, J. (2005), ‘The War over Iraq: Selling War to the American Public’ in Security Studies, 14, 1: 106-139.
Boeken:
DEARING, J.W. & ROGERS, E.M. (1996), Agenda-Setting, London: Sage Publications, 139 p.
WOODWARD, B. (2004), Het Aanvalsplan, Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Balans, 384 p.
Krantenartikels:
DE MORGEN (2008, 5 november), ‘Bush blijft onzichtbaar op verkiezingsdag’ in De Morgen, p. 6.
DE STANDAARD (2008a, 5 november), ‘Nieuwe president erft niets dan problemen’ in De Standaard, p. 2.
DE STANDAARD (2008b, 5 november), ‘Hoop op verandering. Vijf redenen waarom Obama de beste keuze is’ in De Standaard, p. 2.
ERKUL, A. (2008, 5 november), ‘Waar de nieuwe president tegenaan kijkt: oorlogen, versplinterde relaties met Europa en een bodemloze financiële put’ in De Morgen, p. 4.
Internetbronnen:
Project for the New American Century (2007), Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm.
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press (2009f), War Coverage Praised, But Public Hungry for Other News, http://people-press.org/report/180/war-coverage-praised-but-public-hung….
The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press (2009h), Public Support for War Resilient, http://people-press.org/report/216/public-support-for-war-resilient.
The White House (2009a), President Delivers State of the Union Address, http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/01/200201….
The White House (2009b), President Bush Outlines Iraqi Threat, http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2002/10/200210….
Videomateriaal:
PENN, S. & SOLOMAN, N. (2008, 5 november), War made easy. How presidents and pundits keep spinning us to death [Televisie-uitzending], Brussel: Vlaamse radio- en televisieomroep (VRT).