Screen LibraryBring 'em on : media and politics in the Iraq War /
How were the American people prepared for the war on Iraq? How have political agents and media gatekeepers sought to develop public support for the first preventive war of the modern age? Bring Em On highlights the complex links between media and politics, analyzing how communication practices are m...
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Communication, media, and politics
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How were the American people prepared for the war on Iraq? How have political agents and media gatekeepers sought to develop public support for the first preventive war of the modern age? Bring Em On highlights the complex links between media and politics, analyzing how communication practices are modified in times of crisis to protect political interests or implement political goals. International contributors in mass communication, political science, and sociology address how U.S. institutional media practices, government policy, and culture can influence public mobilization for war. |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 269 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780742536890 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 0742536890 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | P96 |
| CLC: | G206.3-05 |
| Call Number: | G206.3-05/B858 |
| Contents: | Political legitimacy, cultural leadership, and public action / Lee Artz -- Banal militarism and the culture of war / Tanja Thomas and Fabian Virchow -- National security strategy and the ideology of preventive war / Elisia L. Cohen -- Foreign policy, public diplomacy, and public relations : selling America to the world / Sue Curry Jansen -- The problem with patriotism : steps toward the redemption of American journalism and democracy / Robert Jensen -- Culture as persuasion : metaphor as weapon / William B. Hart II and Fran Hassencahl -- The invisible ally : marketing Australia's war in Iraq / Andrew Jakubowicz and Liz Jacka -- The construction of Arabs as enemies : post-9/11 discourse of George W. Bush / Debra Merskin -- The political rhetoric of sacrifice and heroism and U.S. military intervention / Timothy Cole -- "The great American bubble :" Fox News channel, the "mirage" of objectivity and the isolation of American public opinion / Adel Iskandar -- Pre-emptive strikes on the cultural front : big radio, the Dixie Chicks, and homeland insecurity / Matthew A. Killmeier -- The mass media, politics, and warfare / Christian Fuchs -- Might makes right : news reportage as discursive weapon in the war in Iraq / Michael Gasher -- Journalists embedded in culture : war stories as political strategy / Heinz Brandenburg -- The power of public reporting : the independent media center's challenge to corporate media / Lisa Brooten. |