The other air force : U.S. efforts to reshape Middle Eastern media since 9/11 /
Sienkiewicz, Matt,
The other air force : U.S. efforts to reshape Middle Eastern media since 9/11 / Matt Sienkiewicz. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2016. - 1 online resource. - War culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: soft-psy media as U.S. strategy -- Shopping for grocers: the origins of Middle-Eastern soft-psy media -- Our men in Kabul and Bethlehem: Saad Mohseni and Raed Othman -- Kind of con men: self-interest, soft-psy media, and resistance -- Soft-psy media under cover: the question of gender -- Mediating mediations: meta-media, the Middle East, and soft-psy strategy -- Conclusion: the trajectory of soft-psy media from 9/11 to today.
As it seeks to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world, the United States has poured millions of dollars into local television and radio programming. However, as this fascinating new book shows, the Middle Eastern media producers who rely on these funds are hardly puppets on an American string, but instead contribute their own political and artistic agendas. The Other Air Force reveals the remarkable creative output that can emerge even from the world's tensest conflict zones.
9780813578019 0813578019 9780813578002 0813578000
22573/ctt1gdvg32 JSTOR
Economic assistance, American--Middle East.
Technical assistance, American--Middle East.
Mass media--Influence.--Middle East
Mass media policy--Middle East.
Mass media--Political aspects--Middle East.
HISTORY--Military--Afghan War (2001- )
Civilization--American influences.
Economic assistance, American.
Mass media--Influence.
Mass media policy.
Mass media--Political aspects.
Technical assistance, American.
Middle East--Civilization--American influences.
Middle East.
Electronic books.
P92.M5 / S54 2016
302.230956/09051
The other air force : U.S. efforts to reshape Middle Eastern media since 9/11 / Matt Sienkiewicz. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2016. - 1 online resource. - War culture .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: soft-psy media as U.S. strategy -- Shopping for grocers: the origins of Middle-Eastern soft-psy media -- Our men in Kabul and Bethlehem: Saad Mohseni and Raed Othman -- Kind of con men: self-interest, soft-psy media, and resistance -- Soft-psy media under cover: the question of gender -- Mediating mediations: meta-media, the Middle East, and soft-psy strategy -- Conclusion: the trajectory of soft-psy media from 9/11 to today.
As it seeks to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world, the United States has poured millions of dollars into local television and radio programming. However, as this fascinating new book shows, the Middle Eastern media producers who rely on these funds are hardly puppets on an American string, but instead contribute their own political and artistic agendas. The Other Air Force reveals the remarkable creative output that can emerge even from the world's tensest conflict zones.
9780813578019 0813578019 9780813578002 0813578000
22573/ctt1gdvg32 JSTOR
Economic assistance, American--Middle East.
Technical assistance, American--Middle East.
Mass media--Influence.--Middle East
Mass media policy--Middle East.
Mass media--Political aspects--Middle East.
HISTORY--Military--Afghan War (2001- )
Civilization--American influences.
Economic assistance, American.
Mass media--Influence.
Mass media policy.
Mass media--Political aspects.
Technical assistance, American.
Middle East--Civilization--American influences.
Middle East.
Electronic books.
P92.M5 / S54 2016
302.230956/09051