War, Media, and Propaganda A Global Perspective

Name: War, Media, and Propaganda A Global Perspective
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ISBN: 9780742535633

ISBN-10: 0742535630

ISBN-13: 9780742535633

Edition: 2004

Authors: Yahya R. Kamalipour, Nancy Snow, Ben H. Bagdikian, Lee Artz, Naren Chitty

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This timely book presents a multifaceted look at war, media, and propaganda from international perspectives. Focusing on the media's role in global conflicts, prominent authors, journalists, scholars, and researchers provide an insightful overview of the impact of globalization on media practices. They explore war coverage, propaganda techniques, public opinion, and the effects of media globalization on human affairs and communication, as well as the cultural-political implications for the United States and other countries around the world.

Book details

List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/14/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Abraham Aamidor is a feature writer at The Indianapolis Star and previously worked at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. He has taught journalism at Indiana University, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Butler University, and Georgia Southern University. He is the author of Chuck Taylor, All Star: The True Story of the Man Behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in History (2006).



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Information Dominance: The Philosophy of Total Propaganda Control?




From Bombs and Bullets to Hearts and Minds: U.S. Public Diplomacy in an Age of Propaganda




Selling the Iraq War: The Media Management Strategies We Never Saw




Measuring Success: Profit and Propaganda




Spinning War and Blotting Out Memory




Weapons of Mass Distraction: World Security and Personal Politics




Spectacle and Media Propaganda in the War on Iraq: A Critique of U.S. Broadcasting Networks




War as Promotional "Photo Op": The New York Times's Visual Coverage of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq




Murdoch's War--A Transnational Perspective




Glossy: American Hegemony and the Culture of Death




War, Propaganda, and Islam in Muslim and Western Sources




Enemy Image: A Case Study in Creating a Mata Hari




Anatomy of a Bonding: An Embedded Reporter's Account of the Bonding Process with the Soldiers




The War on Iraq: A Reporter's Observations




America: The Fourth Reich




War on Iraq and Media Coverage: A Middle Eastern Perspective




Iranians and Media Coverage of the War in Iraq: Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Contradiction




South Africa and Iraq: The Battle for Media Reality




The Chinese Watching the Iraqi War with Shock and Awe--As a Spectacular Game




The Self-Absorbed Bully: A Brazilian View of the United States at War




Threat or Ally? U.S.-Latin American Relations and the Middle East Conflict




From Propaganda to Public Diplomacy in the Information Age




Can We Make Them Love Us? Public Diplomacy after 9/11




War, Media, and Propaganda: An Epilogue



Suggested Readings


Index


About the Contributors