War, Media, and Propaganda A Global Perspective,9780742535626

War, Media, and Propaganda A Global Perspective

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ISBN13: 9780742535626
ISBN10: 0742535622
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-09-13
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Ben H. Bagdikian
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1(6)
Yahya R. Kamalipour
Information Dominance: The Philosophy of Total Propaganda Control?
7(10)
David Miller
From Bombs and Bullets to Hearts and Minds: U.S. Public Diplomacy in an Age of Propaganda
17(8)
Nancy Snow
Selling the Iraq War: The Media Management Strategies We Never Saw
25(8)
Danny Schechter
Measuring Success: Profit and Propaganda
33(14)
David J. Collison
Spinning War and Blotting Out Memory
47(12)
Norman Solomon
Weapons of Mass Distraction: World Security and Personal Politics
59(10)
Naren Chitty
Spectacle and Media Propaganda in the War on Iraq: A Critique of U.S. Broadcasting Networks
69(10)
Douglas Kellner
War as Promotional ``Photo Op'': The New York Times's Visual Coverage of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq
79(14)
Lee Artz
Murdoch's War --- A Transnational Perspective
93(8)
Daya Kishan Thussu
Glossy: American Hegemony and the Culture of Death
101(6)
Leila Conners Petersen
War, Propaganda, and Islam in Muslim and Western Sources
107(10)
Karim H. Karim
Enemy Image: A Case Study in Creating a Mata Hari
117(8)
Asra Q. Nomani
Anatomy of a Bonding: An Embedded Reporter's Account of the Bonding Process with the Soldiers
125(6)
Ronald Paul Larson
The War on Iraq: A Reporter's Observations
131(8)
Dana Hull
America: The Fourth Reich
139(8)
Barrie Zwicker
War on Iraq and Media Coverage: A Middle Eastern Perspective
147(24)
Mahboub E. Hashem
Iranians and Media Coverage of the War in Iraq: Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Contradiction
171(8)
Naiim Badii
South Africa and Iraq: The Battle for Media Reality
179(10)
Arnold de Beer
Herman Wasserman
Nicolene Botha
The Chinese Watching the Iraqi War with Shock and Awe --- As a Spectacular Game
189(10)
Zhou He
The Self-Absorbed Bully: A Brazilian View of the United States at War
199(8)
Antonio La Pastina
Threat or Ally? U.S.--Latin American Relations and the Middle East Conflict
207(12)
Kathleen A. Tobin
From Propaganda to Public Diplomacy in the Information Age
219(8)
R. S. Zaharna
Can We Make Them Love Us? Public Diplomacy after 9/11
227(10)
Geoffrey Cowan
War, Media, and Propaganda: An Epilogue
237(6)
Majid Tehranian
Suggested Readings 243(4)
Index 247(8)
About the Contributors 255

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