Rethinking Global Security: Media, Popular Culture, and the "War on Terror" (New Directions in International Studies)

Parks, Lisa,Davis, Doug,Ricigliano, Robert,Allen, Mike,Grajeda, Tony,Mellencamp, Patricia,Decola, Rebecca,Layoun, Mary,Castonguay, James,Bullock, Marcus,Kozol, Wendy

ISBN 10: 0813538300 / ISBN 13: 9780813538303

Edité par Rutgers University Press, 2006

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Synopsis :

Analysts today routinely look toward the media and popular culture as a way of understanding global security. Although only a decade ago, such a focus would have seemed out of place, the proliferation of digital technologies in the twenty-first century has transformed our knowledge of near and distant events so that it has become impossible to separate the politics of war, suffering, terrorism, and security from the practices and processes of the media.

This book brings together ten path-breaking essays that explore the ways our notions of fear, insecurity, and danger are fostered by intermediary sources such as television, radio, film, satellite imaging, and the Internet. The contributors, from a wide range of disciplines, show how both fictional and fact-based threats to global security have helped to create and sustain a culture that is deeply distrustful. Topics range from the Patriot Act, to the censorship of media personalities, to the role that television programming plays as an interpretative frame for current events.

Designed to promote strategic thinking about the relationships between media, popular culture, and global security, this book is essential reading for scholars of international relations, technology, and media studies.

À propos de l?auteur: Andrew Martin is an associate professor and chair of the English department at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Patrice Petro is a professor and director of the Center for International Education at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

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Titre : Rethinking Global Security: Media, Popular ...
Éditeur : Rutgers University Press
Date d'édition : 2006
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good