War, Media, and Propaganda A Global Perspective

by Kamalipour, Yahya R.; Snow, Nancy; Bagdikian, Ben H.; Artz, Lee; Badii, Naiim; Bagdikian, Ben H.; Botha, Nicolene; Chitty, Naren; Collison, David J.; Cowan, Geoffrey; Beer, Arnold de; Hashem, Mahboub E.; He, Zhou; Hull, Dana; Karim, Karim H.; Kellner, Dou

• ISBN13: 9780742535633
• ISBN10: 0742535630
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-14
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This timely book presents a multifaceted look at war, media, and propaganda from international perspectives. Focusing on the media's role in global conflicts, prominent authors, journalists, scholars, and researchers provide an insightful overview of the impact of globalization on media practices. They explore war coverage, propaganda techniques, public opinion, and the effects of media globalization on human affairs and communication, as well as the cultural-political implications for the United States and other countries around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Ben H. Bagdikian
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction	1	(6)
Yahya R. Kamalipour
Information Dominance: The Philosophy of Total Propaganda Control?	7	(10)
David Miller
From Bombs and Bullets to Hearts and Minds: U.S. Public Diplomacy in an Age of Propaganda	17	(8)
Nancy Snow
Selling the Iraq War: The Media Management Strategies We Never Saw	25	(8)
Danny Schechter
Measuring Success: Profit and Propaganda	33	(14)
David J. Collison
Spinning War and Blotting Out Memory	47	(12)
Norman Solomon
Weapons of Mass Distraction: World Security and Personal Politics	59	(10)
Naren Chitty
Spectacle and Media Propaganda in the War on Iraq: A Critique of U.S. Broadcasting Networks	69	(10)
Douglas Kellner
War as Promotional ``Photo Op'': The New York Times's Visual Coverage of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq	79	(14)
Lee Artz
Murdoch's War--A Transnational Perspective	93	(8)
Daya Kishan Thussu
Glossy: American Hegemony and the Culture of Death	101	(6)
Leila Conners Petersen
War, Propaganda, and Islam in Muslim and Western Sources	107	(10)
Karim H. Karim
Enemy Image: A Case Study in Creating a Mata Hari	117	(8)
Asra Q. Nomani
Anatomy of a Bonding: An Embedded Reporter's Account of the Bonding Process with the Soldiers	125	(6)
Ronald Paul Larson
The War on Iraq: A Reporter's Observations	131	(8)
Dana Hull
America: The Fourth Reich	139	(8)
Barrie Zwicker
War on Iraq and Media Coverage: A Middle Eastern Perspective	147	(24)
Mahboub E. Hashem
Iranians and Media Coverage of the War in Iraq: Rhetoric, Propaganda, and Contradiction	171	(8)
Naiim Badil
South Africa and Iraq: The Battle for Media Reality	179	(10)
Arnold de Beer
Herman Wasserman
Nicolene Botha
The Chinese Watching the Iraqi War with Shock and Awe--- As a Spectacular Game	189	(10)
Zhou He
The Self-Absorbed Bully: A Brazilian View of the United States at War	199	(8)
Antonio La Pastina
Threat or Ally? U.S.-Latin American Relations and the Middle East Conflict	207	(12)
Kathleen A. Tobin
From Propaganda to Public Diplomacy in the Information Age	219	(8)
R. S. Zaharna
Can We Make Them Love Us? Public Diplomacy after 9/11	227	(10)
Geoffrey Cowan
War, Media, and Propaganda: An Epilogue	237	(6)
Majid Tehranian
Suggested Readings	243	(4)
Index	247	(8)
About the Contributors	255