Media, Terrorism, and Theory A Reader

by Kavoori, Anandam P.; Fraley, Todd; Cottle, Simon; Herz, Marion; Kellner, Douglas; Klopfenstein, Bruce; Porte, Teresa La; Roushanzamir, Elli Lester; Sádaba, Teresa; Schuhmann, Antje; Snow, Nancy; Thussu, Daya Kishan

• ISBN13: 9780742536319
• ISBN10: 0742536319
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-20
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Over the past few years, media outlets have spotlighted coverage of terror attacks. Drawing on both popular and academic articles, Media, Terrorism, and Theory analyzes the larger issues surrounding media's portrayal of terrorism. From such diverse fields as political science, media studies, architecture, and information science, each contributor brings a distinctive perspective. Answering a growing need to understand media discourse on terrorism, this volume complements readings in upper-level mass communication courses and will appeal to scholars of international media and terrorism.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Part 1 Orientations
1 Televising the "War on Terrorism": The Myths of Morality	3	(16)
Daya Kishan Thussu
2 Mediatizing the Global War on Terror: Television's Public Eye	19	(30)
Simon Cottle
Discussion Questions for Part 1	49	(4)
Part 2 Genres and Contexts
3 Prime Time Terror: The Case of La Jetée and 12 Monkeys	53	(16)
Marion Herz
4 Mediated Terrorism in Comparative Perspective: Spanish Press Coverage of 9/11 vs. Coverage of Basque Terrorism	69	(22)
Teresa Sádaba and Teresa La Porte
5 National Politics of Belonging and Conflicting Masculinities: Race and the Representation of Recent Wars	91	(16)
Antje Schuhmann
6 Terrorism and the Exploitation of New Media	107	(14)
Bruce Klopknstein
Discussion Questions for Part 2	121	(4)
Part 3 Frames and Contexts
7 Critical Media Theory, Democratic Communication, and Global Conflict	125	(20)
Todd Fraley and Elli Lester Roushanzamir
8 Terrorism, Public Relations, and Propaganda	145	(16)
Nancy Snow
9 September 11, Social Theory, and Democratic Politics	161	(18)
Douglas Kellner
10 International Communication after Terrorism: Toward a Postcolonial Dialectic	179	(20)
Anandam P. Kavoori
Discussion Questions for Part 3	199	(2)
Index	201	(4)
About the Contributors	205