Moeller Packaging Terrorism

Co-opting the News for Politics and Profit
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0605-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Communication in the Public Interest

Packaging Terrorism investigates how American media haveidentified and covered international terrorism and violence sinceSeptember 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 willcontinue to influence coverage in the future
* Suggests how terrorism could be better covered by the mediagoing forwards

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moeller, Susan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What is Terrorism?.
Introduction: A Very Simple Idea.
Are You Ready.
Words and Trojan Horses.
Political Correctness: can I use the word"terrorist"?.
Why Do News Standards Matter.
What is Terrorism?.
2. How is Terrorism Covered?.
The Politics of Coverage.
Making Terrorism the "Big Story".
Tragedy and Politics: What We Hear, Why We Hear It.
The Voices of the Powerful.
When Caring About Victims Sells News.
Parsing the Difference Between Terrorism and War.
Co-opting the News / Co-opting the Public.
The Stories That Are Told.
Why Some Media Do a Better Job.
3. What Are the Images of Terror?.
The Politics of Images.
When Did Pictures Start to Matter?.
"It's No Time to Be Squeamish": The"Jumpers" at the World Trade Center.
The Public's "Picture of the Year": TheFlag-Raising at Ground Zero.
"Is American Blood More Precious Than Iraqi Blood?":Ali Abbas and Pfc. Jessica Lynch.
Terrorists Want an Audience, Too: Daniel Pearl, Nicholas Bergand Beyond.
"Cleaning Up" the Pictures: Madrid and Fallujah.
Losing Control of the Image: Official photos, Snapshots andCameraphones.
What Do We Need to See? What Do We Need to Do?.
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4. Conclusion: Packaging Terrorism.
The End.

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.