Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives
Los Angeles et al.: Sage (2012), xiii, 322 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 1-4462-0158-9 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Conflicts-E 2012
"Media and Terrorism brings together leading scholars to explore how the world's media have influenced, and in turn, been influenced by terrorism and the war on terror in the aftermath of 9/11. Accessible and user-friendly with lively and current case studies, it is a perfect student text and is an essential handbook on the dynamics of war and the media in a global context." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: dynamics of media and terrorism / Des Freedman and Daya Kishan Thussu, 1
I. CONTEXTS
2 Terror, war and disjunctures in the global order / Lena Jayyusi, 23
3 Media, war and information technology / Christian Fuchs, 47
4 Public diplomacy versus terrorism / Philip Seib, 63
5 Propaganda and terrorism / David Miller and Rizwaan Sabir, 77
II. GLOBAL REPRESENTATIONS OF TERRORISM
6 Terrorism and global popular culture / Toby Miller, 97
7 Hollywood, the CIA and the 'War on Terror' / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, David Herrera and Jim Baumann, 116
8 Terror, culture and anti-Muslim racism / Gholam Khiabany and Milly Williamson, 134
9 Pictures and public relations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Greg Philo, 151
III. TERRORISM ON THE HOME FRONT
10 South Asia and the frontline of the 'War on Terror' / Daya Kishan Thussu, 167
11 Covering terrorism in Russian media / Elena Vartanova and Olga Smirnova, 184
12 WikiLeaks and war laws / Stig A. Nohrstedt and Rune Ottosen, 206
13 Television and immigration in France / Tristan Mattelart, 223
14 The 'War on Terror' in Arab media / Helga Tawil-Souri, 241
IV. JOURNALISTS AND THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
15 Terrorism and news narratives / Justin Lewis, 257
16 Asylum seekers as political spectacle / Jake Lynch, Annabel McGoldrick and Alex Russell, 271
17 Media myth and ground reality in reporting from Iraq / Dahr Jamail, 289
18 Challenging the media war / Danny Schechter, 306
I. CONTEXTS
2 Terror, war and disjunctures in the global order / Lena Jayyusi, 23
3 Media, war and information technology / Christian Fuchs, 47
4 Public diplomacy versus terrorism / Philip Seib, 63
5 Propaganda and terrorism / David Miller and Rizwaan Sabir, 77
II. GLOBAL REPRESENTATIONS OF TERRORISM
6 Terrorism and global popular culture / Toby Miller, 97
7 Hollywood, the CIA and the 'War on Terror' / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, David Herrera and Jim Baumann, 116
8 Terror, culture and anti-Muslim racism / Gholam Khiabany and Milly Williamson, 134
9 Pictures and public relations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Greg Philo, 151
III. TERRORISM ON THE HOME FRONT
10 South Asia and the frontline of the 'War on Terror' / Daya Kishan Thussu, 167
11 Covering terrorism in Russian media / Elena Vartanova and Olga Smirnova, 184
12 WikiLeaks and war laws / Stig A. Nohrstedt and Rune Ottosen, 206
13 Television and immigration in France / Tristan Mattelart, 223
14 The 'War on Terror' in Arab media / Helga Tawil-Souri, 241
IV. JOURNALISTS AND THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
15 Terrorism and news narratives / Justin Lewis, 257
16 Asylum seekers as political spectacle / Jake Lynch, Annabel McGoldrick and Alex Russell, 271
17 Media myth and ground reality in reporting from Iraq / Dahr Jamail, 289
18 Challenging the media war / Danny Schechter, 306
