Media, terrorism, and theory : a reader / edited by 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. Answer...

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Contributors: Kavoori, Anandam P., Fraley, Todd, 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006]
Series:Critical media studies.
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Table of 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.