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[ecrea] New Book - Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives

Mon Jan 09 20:21:55 GMT 2012




Source: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book236751

*Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives*
edited by Des Freedman (Goldsmiths) and Daya Kishan Thussu (University of Westminster)
336 pages, SAGE, released on 19 December 2011

Have the media contributed to exacerbating the political, cultural and religious divides within Western societies and the world at large? How can media be deployed to enrich, not inhibit, dialogue? To what extent has the media, in all its forms, questioned, celebrated or simply accepted the unleashing of a 'war on terror'?

Media and Terrorism brings together leading scholars to explore how the world's media have influenced, and in turn, been influenced by terrorism and the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11. Accessible and user-friendly with lively and current case studies, it is a perfect student text and is an essential handbook on the dynamics of war and the media in a global context.

/Acts of political violence, including terroristic violence, come in different forms, in different parts of the world and perpetrated by different sorts of actors (states, military, insurgents, individuals) who can be motivated by different interests and identities. In today's media environment, the relation between terrorism and media is often no less complex or politically consequential. Historically momentous and deadly as the so-called 'global war on terror' has proved to be, it does not exhaust the complexities of media and terror or their interactions around the world. Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives intelligently and incisively broadens the discussion, situating it within contexts of global inequality and geopolitical interests, contemporary media environments and strategic and symbolic politics/
Simon Cottle, Professor of Media and Communications, Cardiff University

*Table of contents
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Introduction: Dynamics of Media and Terrorism Des Freedman and Daya Kishan Thussu (this chapter is available as sample content from http://www.uk.sagepub.com/upm-data/45141_Freedman_and_Thussu.pdf )

PART ONE: CONTEXTS
Terror, War and Disjunctures in the Global Order     Lena Jayyusi
Media, War and Information Technology     Christian Fuchs
Public Diplomacy versus Terrorism     Philip Seib
Propaganda and Terrorism     David Miller and Rizwaan Sabir

PART TWO: GLOBAL REPRESENTATIONS OF TERRORISM
Terrorism and Global Popular Culture     Toby Miller
Hollywood, the CIA and the 'War on Terror' Oliver Boyd-Barrett, David Herrera and Jim Baumann Terror, Culture and Anti-Muslim Racism Gholam Khiabany and Milly Williamson Pictures and Public Relations in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Greg Philo

PART THREE: TERRORISM ON THE HOME FRONT
South Asia and the Frontline of the 'War on Terror'     Daya Kishan Thussu
Covering Terrorism in Russian Media     Elena Vartanova and Olga Smirnova
WikiLeaks and War Laws     Stig A. Nohrstedt and Rune Ottosen
Television and Immigration in France     Tristan Mattelart
The 'War on Terror' in Arab Media     Helga Tawil-Souri

PART FOUR: JOURNALISTS AND THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
Terrorism and News Narratives     Justin Lewis
Asylum Seekers as Political Spectacle Jake Lynch, Annabel McGoldrick and Alex Russell
Media Myth and Ground Reality in Reporting from Iraq     Dahr Jamail
Challenging the Media War     Danny Schechter



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