Media Power and the Transformation of War [electronic resource] /
Franco, Chiara de.author.
Do the news media have any role in the transformation of war and warfare? Focusing on television, this book argues that the news media alters the cognitive and strategic environment of the actors of war and politics and therefore changes the way these interact with one another.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Media Power: A Radical View; 1 Media effects; 2 Media power; 3 For a new analytical framework; 4 The sources of power: the image and the arena; 5 A four-dimensional definition; 6 Two case studies; 7 Looking for media effects; 2 Power over the Agenda; 1 'Agending' Kosovo; 2 'Agending' Afghanistan; 3 Comparison and conclusions; 3 Power over the Process; 1 Real-time Kosovo; 2 Real-time Afghanistan; 3 Comparison and conclusions; 4 Power over the Channel; 1 Media Diplomacy in Kosovo; 2 Media Diplomacy in Afghanistan
3 Comparison and conclusions5 Power over the Instruments; 1 Kosovo's Semiotic War; 2 Afghanistan's Semiotic War; 3 Comparison and conclusions; 6 Conclusions; 1 Media power clarified; 2 Implications for warfare; 3 What's next; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Do the news media have any role in the transformation of war and warfare? Focusing on television, this book argues that the news media alters the cognitive and strategic environment of the actors of war and politics and therefore changes the way these interact with one another.
Communication.
Political science.
International relations.
Terrorism.
Media Studies.
Political Science.
International Relations.
Terrorism and Political Violence.
Media Research.