Media, terrorism, and theory : a reader / Anandam P. Kavoori and Todd Fraley.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kavoori, Anandam P.
Fraley, Todd, 1972-
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006], ©2006.
Series:Critical media studies.
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Physical Description:xi, 208 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Media, terrorism, theory : introduction / by Anandam P. Kavoori and Todd Fraley
  • Televising the 'war on terrorism'--the myths of morality / by Daya Kishan Thussu
  • Mediatizing the global war on terror : television's public eye / by Simon Cottle
  • Prime time terror. The case of La Jetée and 12 monkeys / by Marion Herz
  • Mediated terrorism in comparative perspective : Spanish press coverage of 9/11 vs. coverage of Basque terrorism / by Teresa Sádaba and Teresa La Porte
  • National politics of belonging and conflicting masculinities : race and the representation of recent wars / by Antje Schuhmann
  • Terrorism and new media / by Bruce Klopfenstein
  • Critical media theory, democratic communication, and global conflict / by Todd Fraley and Elli Lester Roushanzamir
  • Terrorism, public relations and propaganda / by Nancy Snow
  • September 11, social theory, and democratic politics / by Douglas Kellner
  • International communication after terrorism : towards a post-colonial dialectic / by Anandam P. Kavoori.