Packaging Terrorism

Co-Opting the News for Politics and Profit
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7366-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Packaging Terrorism investigates how American media have identified and covered international terrorism and violence since September 11, 2001. - Compares US coverage with that of British and Arab media
- Discusses the priorities, assumptions, political debates, deadline pressures and bottom-line considerations that will continue to influence coverage in the future
- Suggests how terrorism could be better covered by the media going forwards

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moeller, Susan D.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Presse & Journalismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medientheorie, Medienanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations Introduction: A Very Simple Idea 1

I What Is Terrorism? 3

II How Is Terrorism Covered? 36

III What Are the Images of Terror? 128

IV Conclusion: Packaging Terrorism 179

Appendix: ICMPA Studies of Media Coverage of Terrorism Incidents 189

Acknowledgments 195

Notes 200

Index 230

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Moeller is the Director of the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (ICMPA) at the University of Maryland, College Park.