Triumph Of The Image

by Mowlana, Hamid; Gerbner, George; Schiller, Herbert I.

• ISBN13: 9780813315324
• ISBN10: 0813315328
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-10-12
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

The triumph of image over reality and reason is the theme of this book. New communication technologies have made possible the transportation of images and words in real time to hundreds of millions of people around the world. We thought we witnessed the Gulf War as we sat, mesmerized by the imagery. But the studies from the many countries assembled for this book suggest that it was not the war in the Persian Gulf that we witnessed but rather imagery orchestrated to convey a sense of triumph and thus to achieve results that reality and reason could never have achieved.The book offers contributions from thirty-four authors in eighteen countries, including short samplings from the media of several regions. The authors explore the social, economic, and political context of media coverage in their countries, the domination of one image in most of them, and the struggle for alternative perspectives. The authors probe the dynamics of image-making and pose some challenges for the future as well as provide us with a unique glimpse of how the world outside of the United States (as well as many Americans) viewed the war in the Persian Gulf and how the dynamics of image-making and information control operate.Triumph of the Imagewill be useful to scholars and students in communications and mass media, international relations, political science, cultural studies, propaganda, censorship, and contemporary history as well as to the general public.

Author Biography

George Gerbner is professor emeritus at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Hamid Mowlana is professor of communication at American University and president of the International Association of Media Research. Herbert I. Schiller is professor emeritus of communication at the University of California at San Diego. George Gerbner is professor emeritus at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Hamid Mowlana is professor of communication at American University and president of the International Association of Media Research. Herbert I. Schiller is professor emeritus of communication at the University of California at San Diego. George Gerbner is professor emeritus at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Hamid Mowlana is professor of communication at American University and president of the International Association of Media Research. Herbert I. Schiller is professor emeritus of communication at the University of California at San Diego.

Table of Contents

&U2666 Preface	p. xi
A Third-World War: a Political Economy of the Persian Gulf War and the New World Order	p. 3
Manipulating Hearts and Minds	p. 22
Roots of War: the Long Road of Intervention	p. 30
The Media and the War: What War?	p. 51
The New World Odour: the Indian Experience	p. 67
The State, the Malaysian Press, and the War in West Asia	p. 75
The War Close to Home: the Turkish Media	p. 96
The Iranian Press and the Persian Gulf War: the Impact of Western News Agencies	p. 99
War Reporting: Collateral Damage in the European Theater	p. 106
Ruling by Pooling	p. 118
Innovations of Moral Policy	p. 128
Truth: the First Victim of War?	p. 137
Public Opinion and Media War Coverage in Britain	p. 144
A Sampling of Editorial Responses from the Middle Eastern Press on the Persian Gulf Crisis	p. 166
Twisting the U.N. Charter to U.S. Ends	p. 175
CNN: Elites Talking to Elites	p. 181
Exterminating Angels: Morality, Violence, and Technology in the Gulf War	p. 202
More Viewing, Less Knowledge	p. 216
Clusters of Reality Bombed into Bold Relief	p. 236
Persian Gulf War, the Movie	p. 243
&U2666 about the Book	p. 266
&U2666 about the Editors and Contributors	p. 267
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