Bring 'Em On: Media and Politics in the Iraq War

Bring 'Em On: Media and Politics in the Iraq War

Bring 'Em On: Media and Politics in the Iraq War

Bring 'Em On: Media and Politics in the Iraq War

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Overview

How were the American people prepared for the war on Iraq? How have political agents and media gatekeepers sought to develop public support for the first preventive war of the modern age? Bring 'Em On highlights the complex links between media and politics, analyzing how communication practices are modified in times of crisis to protect political interests or implement political goals. International contributors in mass communication, political science, and sociology address how U.S. institutional media practices, government policy, and culture can influence public mobilization for war.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780742572140
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 12/10/2004
Series: Communication, Media, and Politics
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 296
File size: 636 KB

About the Author

Lee Artz is associate professor in the Department of Communication and Creative Arts at Purdue University Calumet. Yahya R. Kamalipour is professor and head of the Department of Communication and Creative Arts at Purdue University Calumet.

Table of Contents


Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1 Political Legitimacy, Cultural Leadership, and Public Action
Chapter 4 2 Banal Militarism and the Culture of War
Chapter 5 3 National Security Strategy and the Ideology of Preventive War
Chapter 6 4 Foreign Policy, Public Diplomacy, and Public Relations: Selling America to the World
Chapter 7 5 The Problem with Patriotism: Steps Toward the Redemption of American Journalism and Democracy
Chapter 8 6 Culture as Persuasion: Metaphor as Weapon
Chapter 9 7 The Invisible Ally: Marketing Australia's War in Iraq
Chapter 10 8 The Construction of Arabs as Enemies: Post-9/11 Discourse of George W. Bush
Chapter 11 9 The Political Rhetoric of Sacrifice and Heroism and U.S. Military Intervention
Chapter 12 10 'The Great American Bubble': Fox News Channel, the 'Mirage' of Objectivity and the Isolation of American Public Opinion
Chapter 13 11 Pre-emptive Strikes on the Cultural Front: Big Radio, the Dixie Chicks, and Homeland Insecurity
Chapter 14 12 The Mass Media, Politics, and Warfare
Chapter 15 13 Might Makes Right: News Reportage as Discursive Weapon in the War in Iraq
Chapter 16 14 Journalists Embedded in Culture: War Stories as Political Strategy
Chapter 17 15 The Power of Public Reporting: The Independent Media Center's Challenge to Corporate Media
Chapter 18 Suggested Readings
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