Mass media, mass propaganda : examining American news in the "War on Terror" / Anthony R. Dimaggio
- Author:
- Dimaggio, Anthony R., 1980-
- Published:
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2008]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2008
- Physical Description:
- viii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- Public trust, media, and the "War on Terror" -- All the news that's fit to omit : a background to pro-war media -- Weapons of mass diversion / Anthony DiMaggio and Paul Fasse -- The media's war -- Railing Iraqi resistance : "insurgency," militias, and the unfolding civil war -- Free speech fatalities -- A world of Orwellian doublethink -- Doctrines of media and state : hailing humanitarianism, dismissing disaster -- Catapult the media -- Afghanistan and 9/11: the "War on Terror" declared -- A game plan for infinite war? -- Conclusion: Progressive media reform : a movement for the 21st century.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780739119020 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739119028 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [321]-324) and index.
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