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Media, terrorism, and theory [electronic resource] : a reader / Anandam P. Kavoori and Todd Fraley.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical media studiesPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2006.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 208 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781461640080 (electronic bk.)
  • 1461640083 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Media, terrorism, and theory.DDC classification:
  • 070.4/49303625 22
LOC classification:
  • PN4784.T45 M44 2006eb
Other classification:
  • 05.30
Online resources:
Contents:
Televising the "war on terrorism" : the myths of morality / Daya Kishan Thussu -- Mediatizing the global war on terror : television's public eye / Simon Cottle -- Prime time terror : the case of La Jetée and 12 monkeys / Marion Herz -- Mediated terrorism in comparative perspective : Spanish press coverage of 9/11 vs. coverage of Basque terrorism / Teresa Sádaba and Teresa La Porte -- National politics of belonging and conflicting masculinities : race and the representation of recent wars / Antje Schuhmann -- Terrorism and the exploitation of new media / Bruce Klopfenstein -- Critical media theory, democratic communication, and global conflict / Todd Fraley and Elli Lester Roushanzamir -- Terrorism, public relations, and propaganda / Nancy Snow -- September 11, social theory, and democratic politics / Douglas Kellner -- International communication after terrorism : toward a postcolonial dialectic / Anandam P. Kavoori.
Summary: Over the past few years, media outlets have spotlighted coverage of terror attacks. Drawing on both popular and academic articles, [this book] analyzes the larger issues surrounding media's studies, architecture, and information science, each contributor brings a distinctive perspective. Answering a growing need to understand media discourse on terrorism, this volume complements readings in upper-level mass communication courses and is a valuable resource for scholars of international media and terrorism.-Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Televising the "war on terrorism" : the myths of morality / Daya Kishan Thussu -- Mediatizing the global war on terror : television's public eye / Simon Cottle -- Prime time terror : the case of La Jetée and 12 monkeys / Marion Herz -- Mediated terrorism in comparative perspective : Spanish press coverage of 9/11 vs. coverage of Basque terrorism / Teresa Sádaba and Teresa La Porte -- National politics of belonging and conflicting masculinities : race and the representation of recent wars / Antje Schuhmann -- Terrorism and the exploitation of new media / Bruce Klopfenstein -- Critical media theory, democratic communication, and global conflict / Todd Fraley and Elli Lester Roushanzamir -- Terrorism, public relations, and propaganda / Nancy Snow -- September 11, social theory, and democratic politics / Douglas Kellner -- International communication after terrorism : toward a postcolonial dialectic / Anandam P. Kavoori.

Over the past few years, media outlets have spotlighted coverage of terror attacks. Drawing on both popular and academic articles, [this book] analyzes the larger issues surrounding media's studies, architecture, and information science, each contributor brings a distinctive perspective. Answering a growing need to understand media discourse on terrorism, this volume complements readings in upper-level mass communication courses and is a valuable resource for scholars of international media and terrorism.-Back cover.

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