At war with metaphor
Subtitle: media, propaganda, and racism in the war on terror
By: Erin Steuter and Deborah Wills.
Contributors: Wills, Deborah, 1962-
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780739121986
Subjects: Mass media -- Social aspects; Mass media and public opinion; Terrorism in mass media; Fear; Propaganda; Social control
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Weaponizing words : metaphor and war; title: Making enemies : propaganda and the making of the orientalist other; title: Rallying racism : dehumanization and genocide; title: Rats in the trap : animal metaphors in the news; title: Infestation and eradication : exterminationist rhetoric in political cartoons; title: Hatespeak : discourses of dehumanization in talk radio; title: Media march to war : understanding news filters; title: Boiling the blood and narrowing the mind : fomenting backlash; title: Talking our way to peace : new metaphors for change.